Rightful Heritage
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America
About the book
The conservation record of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the focus of Douglas Brinkley's follow-up to The Wilderness Warrior, his book on Theodore Roosevelt. Brinkley traces FDR's love of nature to his early years in the Hudson River Valley, where he explored and watched birds. FDR founded the Civilian Conservation Corps, which gave work to nearly three million young men over nine years, building park trails, restoring Dust Bowl land and planting more than two billion trees. As president from 1933 to 1945 he also created hundreds of federal bird refuges, built dozens of state park systems and helped save the Everglades, Joshua Tree and the Great Smokies, presenting conservation as economic policy against Depression unemployment.
Walter Isaacson endorsed it as a colorful narrative of how FDR carried on his cousin Theodore's cause, with a fresh perspective on Eleanor and the environmentalists around them.
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Walter Isaacson (Author)
Following his definitive look at Teddy Roosevelt’s passion for wilderness conservation, Brinkley now brings us a colorful, exciting narrative of how his cousin FDR carried on the cause. Brinkley gives us a wonderful, timely new perspective on FDR; his wife, Eleanor; and the dedicated environmentalists around them.
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