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Fire in America

A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire
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From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.

Author Biography:

Stephen J. Pyne is a professor in the Biology and Society Program at Arizona State Universty. He is the author of many books, including Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 and Fire on the Rim: A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon. Fire: A Brief History is the sixth volume in Pyne's Cycle of Fire, which also includes Vestal Fire, World Fire, Burning Bush, The Ice and Fire in America.
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March 1st, 1997
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  • Undergraduate
Pages
680
Dimensions
3895x5830x40
ISBN-13
9780295975924
Product ID
12947356

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