Research Catalog

Title

Rightful heritage : Franklin D. Roosevelt and the land of America / Douglas Brinkley.

Author

Brinkley, Douglas

Publication

• New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Description

viii, 744 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subjects

• Conservation of natural resources > United States > History
• Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
• Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 638-717) and index.

Contents

The education of a Hudson River conservationist, 1882-1932. "All that is in me goes back to the Hudson" ; "I just wish I could be at home to help mark the trees" ; "He knew every tree, every rock, and every stream" ; "Wise use" ; "Nothing like Mother Nature" ; "A twice-born man" -- New Deal conservation, 1933-1936. "They've made the good earth better" ; "He did not wait to ask questions, but simply said that it should be done" ; "Roosevelt is my shepherd" ; "The year of the National Park" ; "A duck for every puddle" ; "Sooner or later, you are likely to meet the sign of the flying goose" ; "We are going to conserve soil, conserve water, and conserve life" -- Conservation expansion, 1937-1939. "While you're gittin', git a-plenty" ; "I hope the son-of-a-bitch who logged that is roasting in hell" ; "Perpetuated for posterity" ; "To benefit wildlife" -- World War II and global conservation, 1940-1945. "An abundance of wild things" ; "The army must find a different nesting place!" ; "Conservation is a basis of permanent peace" -- "Where the sundial stands" -- Appendix A. National Park system areas affected under reorganization of August 10, 1933 -- Appendix B. National Wildlife Refuges established under Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945 -- Appendix C. National Parks and National Monuments created by Franklin D. Roosevelt following the reorganization of August 10, 1933 -- Appendix D. Establishment and modification of National Forest boundaries by Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 1933 to April 1945 -- Appendix E. The nine Civilian Conservation Corps areas -- Appendix F. Civilian Conservation Corps-- basic facts.

Call Number

JFE 16-4903

ISBN

• 9780062089236
• 0062089234

OCLC

912382535

Author

Brinkley, Douglas, author.

Title

Rightful heritage : Franklin D. Roosevelt and the land of America / Douglas Brinkley.

Publisher

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 638-717) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-4903