Drift Smoke
Subtitle: Loss And Renewal in a Land of Fire (Environmental Arts and Humanities Series)
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: October 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780874176216
Subjects: Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena; Forests, rainforests; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Wildfires; Nature; Fire ecology; West (U.S.); Nature/Ecology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Ecology; Natural Disasters; Environmental aspects; Natural Resources; Prevention and control; Agriculture - Forestry
First sentence: Deep within the brain of every rookie firefighter are branded the words fuel, weather, and topographythe godhead of fire behavior.
Description: "David Strohmaier's long career as a firefighter has given him intimate knowledge of wildfire and its complex role in the natural world of the American West. Drift smoke is an examination of wildfire by someone who has seen it in all its terror and beauty, who has lost colleagues and beloved terrain to its ferocity, and who has also seen the miracle of new life sprouting from the ashes."--BOOK JACKET.