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Breaking new ground

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Island Press, 1987 - Biography & Autobiography - 522 pages
Vigorous, colorful, bold and highly personal, Breaking New Ground is the autobiography of Gifford Pinchot, founder and first chief of the Forest Service. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the basis of our present national forest policy and the origins of the conservation movement.

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I made it to page 275 or halfway through after five weeks. A matter of fact account of how the Forest Service came to fruition. Interesting info on the French School of Forestry in Nancy but I couldn ... Read full review

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Contents

Through Yale to Nancy i
1
At the French Forest School
10
The Brandis Excursion
16
Copyright

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TitleBreaking new ground
Conservation classics
AuthorGifford Pinchot
Editionillustrated
PublisherIsland Press, 1987
ISBN0933280424, 9780933280427
Length522 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Political
Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Nature / Plants / Trees
  
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