The Forest Service and the Greatest Good: A Centennial History

By James G. Lewis

Book Overview

The Forest Service and the Greatest Good: A Centennial History traces the agency's development from its beginnings as a one-man research outfit to today's broad-based operation of over 30,000 employees overseeing 191 million acres of public land. Richly illustrated, The Forest Service and the Greatest Good provides an entertaining, thought-provoking, and informative account of the U.S. Forest Service's first one hundred years as it enters a new century of service.

This is a companion book to the documentary The Greatest Good: A Forest Service Centennial Film (U.S. Forest Service, 2005).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890300658
• ISBN13: 9780890300657
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Forest History Society
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Greatest Good

My Dad grew up in Northern Idaho and the Pacific NW and was in the CCC's and worked for the Forest Service as a young man and then went on to become a Marine and served in the Pacific during WW-2. My childhood was filled with stories of these years and the life my Dad and my Grandparents lived in the years before WW-2. When I watched and then read The Greatest Good with my now 89-year-old father it was just tremendous for us both. I would recommend this to anyone interested in our Nation's History.