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The interior West : a fire survey / Stephen J. Pyne.
Van Pelt Library SD421.32.N3 P96 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
- Series:
- Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- To the last smoke ; v.6.
- To the last smoke ; volume 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wildfires--Nevada--History.
- Wildfires.
- Wildfires--Utah--History.
- Wildfires--Colorado--History.
- Wildfires--Nevada--Prevention--History.
- Forest fires.
- History.
- Nevada.
- Wildfires--Utah--Prevention--History.
- Utah.
- Wildfires--Colorado--Prevention--History.
- Colorado.
- Forest fires--Nevada--History.
- Forest fires--Utah--History.
- Forest fires--Colorado--History.
- Forest fires--Nevada--Prevention--History.
- Forest fires--Utah--Prevention--History.
- Forest fires--Colorado--Prevention--History.
- Forest fires--Prevention and control.
- Wildfires--Prevention and control.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 191 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Surveys the fire scene characteristic of Nevada, Utah, and western Colorado through a mixture of journalism, history, and literary imagination that moves the topic beyond the usual science and policy formulations"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Nevada: From Rotten Borough to Burning Man 13
- The Other Side of the Mountain: Washoe WUI 19
- A Sink for Exotics 27
- A Worthy Adversary 40
- Mushroom Clouds 50
- Deep Fire 57
- Outlier: Strip Trip 69
- Utah: Zion's Hearth 85
- CatFire: Wasatch WUI 93
- Burning Bushes 100
- Plateau Province 108
- Outlier: Mesa Negra 125
- Colorado: Rocky Mountain Highs, and Lows 133
- ColFire: The Front as Center 136
- Firebugs 144
- Then and Now, Now and to Come 150
- Fatal Fires, Hidden Histories 156.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816537709
- 0816537704
- OCLC:
- 1006522003
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