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Feb 09, 2011
Kathleen (itpdx)
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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.
This history of an enormous forest fire (the size of Connecticut) is also a story of individual actions, government response, and new expectations. Rather timely, given the oil spill going on now.
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Karen Michele Burns
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