ISBN: 9780062441553

Edition: First HarperLuxe edition, Large print edition, PB.

Description:

• x, 1277 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
• large print

Other Title: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the land of America

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 1095-1277).

Contents:

• Part one: 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"
• Part two: 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"
• Part three: 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"
• Part four: 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"
• Epilogue: "Where the sundial stands"
• Appendix A: National Park System areas affected under the 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.

LCCN: BD16061102

Control Number: 2870707

Subjects:

• Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
• Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- History.
• Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
• Nature conservation -- United States -- History.
• Parks -- United States -- History.
• Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Genre:

• Biographies.
• Large print books.