The Big Burn
Author:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
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. This e-book includes a sample chapter of SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 345b61d0-e776-4083-6bb0-7cb74981bf7c |
---|---|
Grouping Title | big burn |
Grouping Author | timothy egan |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-01-04 16:00:02PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-25 03:31:52AM |
Solr Fields
accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
auth_author2
Dean, Robertson
author
Egan, Timothy
author2-role
Dean, Robertson,reader
hoopla digital
hoopla digital
author_display
Egan, Timothy
display_description
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. This e-book includes a sample chapter of SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER.
format_category_steamboatlibrary
Audio Books
eBook
eBook
format_steamboatlibrary
eAudiobook
eBook
eBook
id
345b61d0-e776-4083-6bb0-7cb74981bf7c
isbn
9780358418047
9780547416861
9780547416861
last_indexed
2024-04-25T09:31:52.715Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
primary_isbn
9780547416861
publishDate
2009
2020
2020
publisher
HarperAudio
HarperCollins
HarperCollins
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Electronic books
History
Science
History
Science
title_display
The Big Burn
title_full
The Big Burn [electronic resource] / Timothy Egan
title_short
The Big Burn
topic_facet
Electronic books
History
Science
History
Science
Solr Details Tables
item_details
Bib Id | Item Id | Shelf Loc | Call Num | Format | Format Category | Num Copies | Is Order Item | Is eContent | eContent Source | eContent URL | Detailed Status | Last Checkin | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT14852555 | Online Hoopla Collection | Online Hoopla | eBook | eBook | 1 | false | true | Hoopla | https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14817306?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435 | Available Online | |||
hoopla:MWT14795946 | Online Hoopla Collection | Online Hoopla | eAudiobook | Audio Books | 1 | false | true | Hoopla | https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14795674?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435 | Available Online |
record_details
Bib Id | Format | Format Category | Edition | Language | Publisher | Publication Date | Physical Description | Abridged |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT14852555 | eBook | eBook | English | HarperCollins | 2009 | 1 online resource (352 pages) | ||
hoopla:MWT14795946 | eAudiobook | Audio Books | Unabridged | English | HarperAudio | 2020 | 1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 58 min.)) : digital. |
scoping_details_steamboatlibrary
Bib Id | Item Id | Grouped Status | Status | Locally Owned | Available | Holdable | Bookable | In Library Use Only | Library Owned | Holdable PTypes | Bookable PTypes | Local Url |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hoopla:MWT14852555 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | false | false | false | false | ||||
hoopla:MWT14795946 | Available Online | Available Online | false | true | false | false | false | false |