signed 1st Ed. big Burn* - Timothy Egan – Theodore Roosevelt – Forest Service*

US $2300

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
May 24th

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Up for auction is a Signed First Edition of, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & The Fire That Saved America by National Book Award-winning author Timothy Egan. NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. 324 pages. Illustrated. Signed by Timothy Egan on the full title page. When Theodore Roosevelt felt the presidency, he left a legacy of public lands under the stewardship of the newly formed Forest Service. Political enemies of the conservation movement chipped away at the core of the agency, lobbying for a return of the land to private interests and development. In 1910, several small wildfires in the Pacific Northwest merge into one massive, swift, and unstoppable blaze, and the Forest Service is pressed into a futile effort to douse the flames. Over 100 firefighters died heroically, galvanizing public opinion in favor of the forests--with unexpected ramifications exposed in today's proliferation of destructive fires. Bound in glossy pictorial boards in original dust jacket. Book and jacket are in excellent minus condition. *Please view my other auctions where I have up for bid additional signed books, promotional materials, plus much more!* Thank you for viewing this auction, please contact me if you have any questions or would like additional images. I have been in the business of selling rare antiquarian signed and unsigned non-fiction and fiction books and other items for over thirty years. Each item I sell is guaranteed to be authentic. A Letter of Authenticity is available upon request for the high bidder. Each item is wrapped safely and securely for shipment. A confirmation e-mail will be sent as soon as the auction item(s) are mailed. **I will gladly combine shipping costs for more than one auction.** *Will Gladly Ship World-Wide!!* Thank you again for viewing this auction and good luck!! –John