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Timothy Egan brings to life a massive disaster and a turning-point in US history. He makes history personal. We get to know some of the people involved from Teddy Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, to the legendary Pulaski, to corrupt Senators, to two Italian laborers. We see the birth of the national forest system, its struggles, its changes in policies. All of which have a big influence on our public resource management and how we live to this day.
Egan does an outstanding job of making history come to life. I wish he could've been my history teacher back in high school.
If you enjoyed Egan's style in the Dust Bowl book, then you'll enjoy this book, too. It is very well-researched and I learned a lot about a period in time that our schools typically brush over, even in AP American History class. ...more
If you enjoyed Egan's style in the Dust Bowl book, then you'll enjoy this book, too. It is very well-researched and I learned a lot about a period in time that our schools typically brush over, even in AP American History class. ...more
I'm so glad to have read this and to learn about something so huge and life changing as this fire. We never were taught about this and I even grew up in WA!
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