Summary of Timothy Egan's The Big Burn

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Gifford Pinchot was a bit odd, but he was self-aware enough to know that he was considered strange. He knew Roosevelt from sportsmen circles in the Empire State, and they came to the governor's mansion in Albany with Christopher Grant La Farge, son of the painter John La Farge, a close friend of Teddy's. #2 The two men talked about the forest protection and the fear of a coming timber famine caused by industri