Research Catalog

Title

Drift smoke : loss and renewal in a land of fire / David J. Strohmaier.

Author

Strohmaier, David J. (David Jon), 1965-

Publication

Reno : University of Nevada Press, c2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xxii, 177 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

"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.

Series Statement

Environmental arts and humanities series

Uniform Title

• Environmental arts and humanities series.
• Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Fire ecology > West (U.S.)
• Strohmaier, David J. 1965-
• Wildfire fighters > West (U.S.)
• Wildfires > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.)
• Wildfires > Prevention and control > West (U.S.)
• Wildfires > West (U.S.) > Prevention and control

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-168) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Winds -- 2. Slow smother : loss of fire -- 3. Learning to remember : loss of life -- 4. Winter feed : loss of livelihood -- 5. Threescore and ten : loss of place -- 6. Drift smoke.

ISBN

0874176212 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005011395

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library