{"product_id":"the-big-burn-teddy-roosevelt-and-the-fire-that-saved-america","title":"The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America","description":"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. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men—college boys, day workers, immigrants from mining camps—to fight the fire. But no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them.\nEgan narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire with unstoppable dramatic force. Equally dramatic is the larger story he tells of outsized president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot. Pioneering the notion of conservation, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of public land as our national treasure, owned by and preserved for every citizen.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0618968415\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0618968415.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Egan, Timothy\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41402115850298,"sku":"DBV.0618968415.G","price":5.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0618968415-0.jpg?v=1778266808","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-big-burn-teddy-roosevelt-and-the-fire-that-saved-america","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}