The big burn

By Timothy Egan

Subjects: United States. National Park Service, Wildfires, Forest fires, Biography, Presidents, National parks, Waldbrand, Nordweststaaten, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2009-11-08, Roosevelt, theodore, 1858-1919, Nature conservation, National parks and reserves, History, united states, New York Times bestseller, Nature, Montana, history, National parks and reserves, united states, Conservationists, National forests, United States, Disasters, Pinchot, gifford, 1865-1946, History, Forest conservation, United states, national park service, Idaho, history

Description: 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.