Fire and Ashes
Subtitle: On the Front Lines of American Wildfire
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: June 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780805072129
Subjects: Politics - Current Events; Trees & Forests - General; Nature/Ecology; Forest Conservation; Wildfires; Nature; Politics / Current Events; Prevention and control; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Natural Disasters; Nature / Natural Disasters; United States; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Fire ecology; Forest Fires
First sentence: THE HOUSE IS small, white, and tidy, with a porch screened by latticework.
Description: A history of American wildfires recounts the most significant fires, sharing front-line stories, past and present firefighting strategies, and the apparent increase in fire occurrence and intensity in recent years.