| Description |
458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Family Tree -- The World of His Father -- Relative Power -- Rising Son -- A Young Stand -- An American in Nancy -- The Damaged Fabric -- A Political Two-Step -- Mature Grounds -- Keeper of His Conscience? -- Family Affairs -- A Political Natural -- Old Growth -- Governing Ambitions -- Chiefly Politics -- The Widening View -- Crosscut -- Climax. |
| Summary |
Chronicles and examines the life of pioneering American conservationist and Progressive politician Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, whose beliefs about conservation and social issues came to be directly related. |
| Subject |
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.
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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946. |
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Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.
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Conservationists. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Politicians. |
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Conservation of natural resources -- United States -- History.
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Conservation of natural resources. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Miller, Char, 1951- Gifford Pinchot and the making of modern environmentalism. Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2001 (OCoLC)682333069 |
| ISBN |
1559638230 (paperback) |
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1559638222 (alkaline paper) |
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9781559638227 (alkaline paper) |
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9781559638234 (paperback) |
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