Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire
- ISBN-10
- 0295805218
- ISBN-13
- 9780295805214
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 680
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-01
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Author
- Stephen J. Pyne
Description
From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.
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