Prairie fire
Subtitle: a Great Plains history
By: Julie Courtwright
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780700617944
Subjects: Indians of North America; Prairies; Fires; Prairie ecology; Grassland fires; Environmental conditions; Prevention and control; Human ecology; History
Description: Courtwright vividly recounts how fire--setting it, fighting it, watching it, fearing it--has bound Plains people to each other and to the prairies themselves for centuries. She traces the history of both natural and intentional fires from Native American practices to the current use of controlled burns as an effective land management tool, along the way sharing the personal accounts of people whose lives have been touched by fire. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "Think of This"; title: "Mass of Grass"; title: "Putting Out Fire"; title: "Master of the Prairie"; title: "One First Grand Cause"; title: "Fight Fire When Necessary, Fight Together, and Fight It Out"; title: "A Horrible World of Cinders and Blackness"; title: "Awfully Grand"; title: "Burn, Prairie, Burn"; title: Conclusion: "A Prairie Fire Came upon the Place."