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The Northern Rockies. A Fire Survey.
Stephen J. Pyne
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Description for The Northern Rockies. A Fire Survey.
Paperback. In this structured collection of essays on the region, Stephen J. Pyne explores what makes the Northern Rockies distinctive and what sets it apart from other regions of the US. Surprisingly, perhaps, the story is equally one of big bureaucracies and of generations that encounter the region's majestic landscapes through flame. Series: To the Last Smoke. Num Pages: 152 pages, 11 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFFU; JKSW2; RGBL; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 227.
It’s a place of big skies and big fires, big burns like those of 1910 and 1988 that riveted national attention. Conflagrations like those of 1934 and 2007 that reformed national policy. Blowups like that in Mann Gulch that shaped the literature of American fire. Big fires mostly hidden in the backcountry like the Fitz Creek and Howler fires that inspired the practice of managed wildfires. Until the fire revolution of the 1960s, no region so shaped the American way of fire.
The Northern Rockies remain one of three major hearths for America’s fire culture. They hold a major ... Read more
It’s a place of big skies and big fires, big burns like those of 1910 and 1988 that riveted national attention. Conflagrations like those of 1934 and 2007 that reformed national policy. Blowups like that in Mann Gulch that shaped the literature of American fire. Big fires mostly hidden in the backcountry like the Fitz Creek and Howler fires that inspired the practice of managed wildfires. Until the fire revolution of the 1960s, no region so shaped the American way of fire.
The Northern Rockies remain one of three major hearths for America’s fire culture. They hold a major ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Series
To the Last Smoke
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816533510
SKU
V9780816533510
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About Stephen J. Pyne
Stephen J. Pyne is a historian in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. He is the author of more than 25 books, including The Ice: A Journey to Antarctica , How the Canyon Became Grand: A Short History , and Voyager: Exploration, Space, and the Third Great Age of Discovery. He is also the author of ... Read more
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