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The big burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
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x, 324 pages, [8] pages of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-305) and index.
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Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Egan, T. (2009). The big burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Egan, Timothy. 2009. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Egan, Timothy, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

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Egan, Timothy. The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

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