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Douglas Brinkley, 'Rightful Heritage: FDR and the Land of America'

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FDR visits the school
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor on a visit to the Minneapolis school in 1936.
Photo Courtesy of Dowling Urban Environmental School

Douglas Brinkley has written a new book about one of the presidents he thinks has had the biggest impact on conservation in America: Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR said "there's nothing more American than the National Parks" and he even suggested during World War II that global conservation is the basis for permanent peace.

Brinkley spoke May 3, 2016 at the Clinton School of Public Service. His new book is titled, "Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America." Brinkley is professor of history at Rice University and a fellow at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy.