Breaking new ground /

Vigorous, colorful, bold and highly personal, Breaking New Ground is the autobiography of Gifford Pinchot, founder and first chief of the Forest Service. He tells a fascinating tale of his efforts, under President Theodore Roosevelt, to wrest the forests from economic special interests and to bring...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [1998]
Edición:Commemorative edition
Temas:
Pinchot, Gifford, > 1865-1946.
Politicians > United States > Biography.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Conservation of natural resources > United States > History.
Politiciens > États-Unis > Biographies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Conservation of natural resources.
Conservationists.
Politicians.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Through Yale to Nancy
  • At the French Forest School
  • The Brandis excursion
  • When I got home
  • The job ahead
  • A tenderfoot goes West
  • Forestry comes to America
  • In the Carolina Mountains
  • Pisgah forest
  • Consulting forester
  • Ne-ha-sa-ne
  • The public lands
  • Early forest legislation
  • Toward a forest commission
  • The forest commission is born
  • A great chance lost
  • Hunting forest reserves
  • The commission goes West
  • Cleveland's thirteen reserves
  • The war is on
  • Laying the foundation
  • Too late and too little
  • Confidential forest agent
  • The old forestry division
  • Freshman year
  • A bid to the lumbermen
  • Building a profession
  • First congressional appropriation
  • Politics in the woods
  • The Black Hills
  • Not all sheep are black
  • New York's problem child
  • T.R.'s first message
  • One plan that failed
  • The fight continues
  • Uncle Sam: Forester
  • Russia
  • Siberia-Manchuria-China
  • The Philippines
  • On the way home
  • Full steam ahead
  • Government reorganization
  • The public lands commission
  • The race for new reserves
  • At last the transfer
  • Unlocking the reserves
  • Peace on the range
  • Timber for use
  • Forest fire control
  • Field organization
  • What made the service click
  • No red tape
  • Seven years and after
  • Government business
  • Holding the line
  • A new science: forestry
  • Life in Washington
  • The birth of conservation
  • Inland waterways
  • Water power control begins
  • Calling all farmers
  • The conference of governors
  • The National Conservation Commission
  • North American Conservation Conference
  • World Conservation Conference
  • Desertion under fire
  • The last days
  • T.R.'s service to America
  • The public good comes first
  • And then came Taft
  • Commissioner Ballinger
  • Attorney Ballinger
  • Secretary Ballinger
  • The rift
  • After Spokane
  • The clean bill of health
  • Salt Lake
  • The coming storm
  • The storm breaks
  • The Dolliver letter
  • Fired!
  • The morning after
  • The work goes on
  • The joint committee
  • The counsel
  • The hearings
  • The Lawler memorandum
  • Three verdicts
  • Porto Maurizio
  • What it all means

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