Rightful heritage : Franklin D. Roosevelt and the land of America / Douglas Brinkley.
Douglas Brinkley's Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision. Now Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader--Theodore's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt--chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 744 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : charts, illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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.