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The Big Burn Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
by Egan, Timothy
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. First Edition. First Printing Fine in pictorial paper covered boards with a black on orange back strip on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with mild chipping at the fore corners of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 324 pages including an index, notes on sources and text. Illustrated with a map and a section of black and white images from photographs. From the rear panel of the dust jacket: "The unforgettable story of America's worst inferno and Teddy Roosevelt's triumphant struggle to save the American Forest." This quote refers to the great forest fire of August, 1910 which burned thousands of acres of National Forest lands in the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana. It also tells the larger story of Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot, and their fervent desire to save the beautiful first generation forests of the west from the saws of the big timber companies who conspired to clear cut their way to the Pacific Ocean.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB33136
- Title
- The Big Burn Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
- Author
- Egan, Timothy
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2009
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- Jacket
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- Good+
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- Title Page
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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