THE BIG BURN. Teddy Roosevelt & The Fire That Saved America
by Egan, Timothy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0618968415
- ISBN 13
- 9780618968411
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. National Book Award-winner Timothy Egan turns his historian's eye to the largest-ever forest fire in America and offers an epic, cautionary tale for our time. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged, destroying towns and timber in the blink of an eye. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men to fight the fires, but no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan recreates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire with unstoppable dramatic force, and the larger story of outsized president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot, that follows is equally resonant. Pioneering the notion of conservation, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of public land as our national treasure, owned by every citizen. Even as TR's national forests were smoldering they were saved: The heroism shown by his rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service in ways we can still witness today. 324 pages with index. Illustrated from photographs. Bound in slick illustrated boards with cut-out portion of the dust jacket reveals the photograph reproduced on the front cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15119
- Title
- THE BIG BURN. Teddy Roosevelt & The Fire That Saved America
- Author
- Egan, Timothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618968415
- ISBN 13
- 9780618968411
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2009
- LCCN
- 2009021881
- Keywords
- forest fire, 1910, Washington state, Idaho, Montana, Teddy Roosevelt, U.S. Forest Service, illustrated
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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