The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America Contributor(s): Egan, Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547394608 ISBN-13: 9780547394602 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Nature | Natural Disasters |
Dewey: 973.911 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.3" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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Publisher Description: In THE WORST HARD TIME, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, 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 an eyeblink. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men -- college boys, day-workers, immigrants from mining camps -- 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.
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Contributor Bio(s): Egan, Timothy: - TIMOTHY EGAN is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a New York Times columnist, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in nonfiction. His previous books include The Worst Hard Time, which won a National Book Award, and the national bestseller The Big Burn. He lives in Seattle, Washington. |