Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America
1312Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America
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Overview
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.
Rightful Heritage is essential reading for everyone interested in our treasured landscapes and historic sites as American birthrights.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780062441553 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 03/15/2016 |
Edition description: | Large Print |
Pages: | 1312 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.50(d) |
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Table of Contents
Part 1 The Education of a Hudson River Conservationist, 1882-1932
Chapter 1 "All That is in Me Goes Back to the Hudson" 3
Chapter 3 "I Just Wish I Could be at Home to Help Mark the Trees" 27
Chapter 4 "He Knew Every Tree, Every Rock, and Every Stream" 47
Chapter 5 "Wise Use" 65
Chapter 5 "Nothing Like Mother Nature" 92
Chapter 6 "A Twice-Born Man" 122
Part 2 New Deal Conservation, 1933-1936
Chapter 7 "They've Made the Good Earth Better" 159
Chapter 8 "He Did Not Wait to Ask Questions, But Simply Said that it Should Be Done" 187
Chapter 9 "Roosevelt Is My Shepherd" 213
Chapter 10 "The Year of the National Park" 238
Chapter 11 "A Duck for Every Puddle" 268
Chapter 12 "Sooner Or Later, You are Likely to Meet the Sign of the Flying Goose" 298
Chapter 13 "We Are Going to Conserve Soil, Conserve Water, and Conserve Life" 330
Part 3 Conservation Expansion, 1937-1939
Chapter 14 "While You're Gittin', Git A-Plenty" 361
Chapter 15 "I Hope the Son-of-a-Bitch Who Logged that is Roasting in Hell" 389
Chapter 16 "Perpetuated For Posterity" 420
Chapter 17 "To Benefit Wildlife" 455
Part 4 World War II and Global Conservation, 1940-1945
Chapter 18 "An Abundance of Wild Things" 485
Chapter 19 "The Army Must Find a Different Nesting Place!" 513
Chapter 30 "Conservation is a Basis of Permanent Peace" 549
Prologue: "Where the Sundial Stands" 577
Appendix A National Park System Areas Affected Under the Reorganization of August 10, 1933 596
Appendix B National Wildlife Refuges Established Under Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 600
Appendix C National Parks and National Monuments Created by Franklin D. Roosevelt Following the Reorganization of August 10, 1933 610
Appendix D Establishment and Modification of National Forest Boundaries by Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 1933 to April 1945 611
Appendix E The Nine Civilian Conservation Corps Areas 624
Appendix F Civilian Conservation Corps-Basic Facts 625
Acknowledgments 627
Notes 638
Index 718