When Forests Burn
The Story of Wildfires in America
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 25 cm
"Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in American history--how they began and . . . stories of both rescue and tragedy . . . teaches us about the past--and shows a better way forward in the future"--Publisher.
Contents:
Ice, fire, and forest. Ice ; Fire ; Out of Beringia ; Forests ; Wildfire -- Once upon a time in America. When different worlds met ; The legions of death ; Experiencing the great forest ; Beliefs ; Making land ; The woods aflame -- Harvesting the Northwoods. A wooden nation ; Timber barons ; Lumberjacks -- Peshtigo: The night hell yawned. Fires remembered and forgotten ; A speck in the Northwoods ; The fires of autumn ; Firestorm ; Reckonings -- The Hinckley Horror of 1894. Dark legacy ; The Great Minnesota Fire -- America's war on wildlife. War on wildlife: bison ; The end of the passenger pigeon -- Changing minds. George Perkins Marsh ; John Muir ; Gifford and Theodore -- The worst forest fire ever: The big blowup of 1910. The forest ranger ; Battling wildfire ; Fire, fire, everywhere ; Aftershocks -- Bigger, hotter, faster. Fighting wildfire today ; Climate change ; The Golden State burning ; Fires of 2020 ; Hard choices.
Subjects:
Forest fires -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Forest fires -- United States -- Prevention and control -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Forest fires -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Fire prevention -- Juvenile literature.
Forest fires -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Forest fires -- United States -- Prevention and control -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Forest fires -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Fire prevention -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780593121733
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C SCIENCE Environment Biome Forest Mar | Main (Downtown) | Children's NonFiction | Coming Soon |
C SCIENCE Environment Biome Forest Mar | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/4/2024) |
"This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-225) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-225) and index.