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The Northern Rockies a fire survey

Title
The Northern Rockies [electronic resource] : a fire survey / Stephen J. Pyne.
Author
Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
Publication
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2016.

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Details

Description
1 online resource (x, 144 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Summary
"The Northern Rockies is part of the multivolume series describing the nation's fire scene region by region. The volumes in To the Last Smoke also cover Florida, the Northern Rockies, the Great Plains, the Southwest, and several other critical fire regions"--
Series Statement
  • To the last smoke / series by Stephen J. Pyne ; volume 3
  • Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- To the last smoke ; v. 3.
Uniform Title
Northern Rockies (Online)
Alternative Title
Northern Rockies (Online)
Subject
  • Wildfires > Rocky Mountains > History
  • Wildfires > Montana > History
  • Wildfires > Idaho > History
  • Wildfires > Rocky Mountains > Prevention and control > History
  • Wildfires > Montana > Prevention and control > History
  • Wildfires > Idaho > Prevention and control > History
  • Forest fires > Rocky Mountains > History
  • Forest fires > Montana > History
  • Forest fires > Idaho > History
  • Forest fires > Rocky Mountains > Prevention and control > History
  • Forest fires > Montana > Prevention and control > History
  • Forest fires > Idaho > Prevention and control > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Prologue: where the mountains roar -- Portal: Lolo Pass -- The Missoula matrix -- Why Boise is not the national center of interagency fire -- The paradoxes of wilderness fire -- Fire's call of the wild -- Fire by parallax -- The embers will find a way -- Portal: gates of the mountains -- Young men, old men, and fire -- How I came to Mann Gulch -- What makes a fire significant? -- The big blowup -- The second big blowup -- The other big burn -- Epilogue: the Northern Rockies between two fires.
LCCN
2016004470
OCLC
ssj0001693282
Author
Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
Title
The Northern Rockies [electronic resource] : a fire survey / Stephen J. Pyne.
Imprint
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2016.
Series
To the last smoke / series by Stephen J. Pyne ; volume 3
Pyne, Stephen J., 1949- To the last smoke ; v. 3.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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