Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America Tapa dura - 2016
de Douglas Brinkley
Descripción de contraportada
Douglas Brinkley's The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader--Theodore's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt--chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the premier protector of America's public lands. FDR built state park systems and scenic roadways from scratch. Through his leadership, pristine landscapes such as the Great Smokies, the Everglades, Joshua Tree, the Olympics, Big Bend, and the Channel Islands were forever saved.
Brinkley traces FDR's love for the natural world back to his youth spent exploring the Hudson River Valley and bird-watching. Forestry would soon become a consuming passion. When asked his occupation, FDR would invariably reply, "Tree grower." As America's president from 1933 to 1945, Roosevelt, a consummate political strategist, established hundreds of federal migratory bird refuges and spearheaded the modern movement to protect endangered species. He deftly positioned his conservation goals as economic policy to combat the severe unemployment of the Great Depression. During its seven-year existence, the CCC put nearly three million young men to work on conservation projects--including planting trees, national park preservation, pollution control, and grasslands restoration.
Rightful Heritage is an epic chronicle that is both an irresistible portrait of FDR's unrivaled passion and drive and an indispensable analysis that skillfully illuminates the tension between business and nature--exploiting our natural resources and conserving them. Within the narrative are brilliant capsule biographies of such environmental warriors as Eleanor Roosevelt, Harold Ickes, and Aldo Leopold. Rightful Heritage is essential reading for everyone interested in our treasured landscapes and historic sites as American birthrights.Detalles
- Título Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America
- Autor Douglas Brinkley
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición 1st
- Páginas 752
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Harper, New York
- Fecha de publicación 2016-03
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780062089236 / 0062089234
- Peso 2.2 libras (1.00 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.1 x 6.1 x 2.2 pulgadas (23.11 x 15.49 x 5.59 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Roosevelt, Franklin D, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citas
- Booklist, 03/15/2016, Page 18
- Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2016, Page 0
- Library Journal, 02/15/2016, Page 119
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 10/15/2015, Page 62
- Publishers Weekly, 02/01/2016, Page 0
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