| Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America Contributor(s): Brinkley, Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062441558 ISBN-13: 9780062441553 Publisher: Harper Large Print OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 2.2" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (2.50 lbs) 1312 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's |
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| Publisher Description: Douglas Brinkley's The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader--Theodore's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt--chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the premier protector of America's public lands. FDR built state park systems and scenic roadways from scratch. Through his leadership, pristine landscapes such as the Great Smokies, the Everglades, Joshua Tree, the Olympics, Big Bend, and the Channel Islands were forever saved. Rightful Heritage is essential reading for everyone interested in our treasured landscapes and historic sites as American birthrights. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brinkley, Douglas: - Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, a CNN Presidential Historian, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. In the world of public history, he serves on boards, at museums, at colleges, and for historical societies. The Chicago Tribune dubbed him "America's New Past Master." The New-York Historical Society has chosen Brinkley as its official U.S. Presidential Historian. His recent book Cronkite won the Sperber Prize, while The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He was awarded a Grammy for Presidential Suite and is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates in American studies. His two-volume, annotated Nixon Tapes recently won the Arthur S. Link-Warren F. Kuehl Prize. He is a member of the Century Association, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children. www.douglasbrinkley.com |