Book Description
Vigorous, colorful, bold and highly personal, Breaking New Ground is the autobiography of Gifford Pinchot, founder and first chief of the Forest Service. He tells a fascinating tale of his efforts, under President Theodore Roosevelt, to wrest the forests from economic special interests and to bring them under management for multiple- and long-range use. His philosophy of "the greatest good for the greatest number over the longest time" has become the foundation upon which this country's conservation policy is based.
In a new introduction for this special commemorative edition, Char Miller of Trinity University and V. Alaric Sample of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation trace the evolution of Gifford Pinchot's career in the context of his personal life and the social and environmental issues of his time. They illuminate the courage and vision of the man whose leadership is central to the development of the profession of forestry in the United States. Breaking New Ground is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the basis of our present national forest policy, and the origins of the conservation movement.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note
Gifford, Pinchot and the Conservation Spirit
On Writing History
PART I. Choosing a Lifework
Chapter 1. Through Yale to Nancy
Chapter 2. At the French Forest School
Chapter 3. The Brandis Excursion.
Chapter 4. When I Got Home
Chapter 5. The Job Ahead
PART II. On the Trail
Chapter 6. A Tenderfoot Goes West
Chapter 7. Forestry Comes to America
Chapter 8. In the Carolina Mountains,
Chapter 9. Pisgah Forest
Chapter 10. Consulting Forester
Chapter 11. Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne
PART III. Public Awakening
Chapter 12. The Public Lands
Chapter 13. Early Forest Legislation
Chapter 14. Toward a Forest Commission
Chapter 15. The Forest Commission Is Born
Chapter 16. A Great Chance Lost
Chapter 17. Hunting Forest Reserves
Chapter 18. The Commission Goes West
PART IV. The President Makes the Issue
Chapter 19. Cleveland's Thirteen Reserves
Chapter 20. The War Is On
Chapter 21. Laying the Foundation
Chapter 22. Too Late and Too Little
Chapter 23. Confidential Forest Agent
PART V. Spade Work
Chapter 24. The Old Forestry Division
Chapter 25. Freshman Year
Chapter 26. A Bid to the Lumbermen
Chapter 27. Building a Profession
Chapter 28. First Congressional Appropriation
Chapter 29. Politics in the Woods
Chapter 30. The Black Hills
Chapter 31. Not All Sheep Are Black
Chapter 32. New Υork's Problem Child
PART VI. Pursuing The Goal
Chapter 33. T.R.'s First Message
Chapter 34 One Plan that Failed
Chapter 35. The Fight Continues
Chapter 36. Uncle Sam—Forester
PART VII. Mission To The East
Chapter 37. Russia
Chapter 38. Siberia-Manchuria-China
Chapter 39. The Philippines
Chapter 40. On the Way Home
PART VIII. The Goal At Last
Chapter 41. Full Steam Ahead
Chapter 42. Government Reorganization
Chapter 43. The Public Lands Commission
Chapter 44. The Race for New Reserves
Chapter 45. At Last the Transfer
PART IX. Practicing Our Preaching
Chapter 46. Unlocking the Reserves
Chapter 47. Peace on the Range
Chapter 48. Timber for Use
Chapter 49. Forest Fire Control
Chapter 50. Field Organization
Chapter 51. What Made the Service Click
Chapter 52. No Red Tape
Chapter 53. Seven Years and After
Chapter 54. Government Business
Chapter 55. Holding the Line
Chapter 56. A New Science—Forestry
Chapter 57. Life in Washington
PART X. A World Movement Is Born
Chapter 58. The Birth of Conservation
Chapter 59. Inland Waterways
Chapter 60. Water Power Control Begins
Chapter 61. Calling All Farmers
Chapter 62. The Conference of Governors
Chapter 63. The National Conservation Commission
Chapter 64. North American Conservation Conference
Chapter 65. World Conservation Conference
PART XI. End of an Era
Chapter 66. Desertion Under Fire
Chapter 67. The Last Days
Chapter 68. T.R.'s Service to America
Chapter 69. The Public Good Comes First
PART XII. The Pay-off
Chapter 70. And Then Came Taft
Chapter 71. Commissioner Ballinger
Chapter 72. Attorney Ballinger
Chapter 73. Secretary Ballinger
Chapter 74. The Rift
Chapter 75. After Spokane
Chapter 76. The Clean Bill of Health
Chapter 77. Salt Lake
Chapter 78. The Coming Storm
Chapter 79. The Storm Breaks
Chapter 80. The Dolliver Letter
Chapter 81. Fired!
Chapter 82. Then Morning After
PART XIII. Let the People Judge
Chapter 83. The Work Goes On
Chapter 84. The Joint Committee
Chapter 85. The Counsel
Chapter 86. The Hearings
Chapter 87. The Lawler Memorandum
Chapter 88. Three Verdicts
Chapter 89. Porto Maurizio
Chapter 90. What It All Means
Index
