Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires
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Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires
Book Details
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Natural Disasters
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN-13
- 9780805075915
- ISBN-10
- 0805075917
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ISBN: 0805075917
Author: Maclean, John N.
Condition: Used
An expert's report on why wildland fires keep getting hotter, bigger, and more dangerous to the men and women who fight themAre wilderness fires now a tragic and enduring feature of the American landscape? John N. Maclean, author of the acclaimed Fire on the Mountain, offers a view from the front lines, combining action-packed storytelling with moving insights about firefighters and informed analysis of firefighting strategy past and present.Beginning with a riveting account of the worst case of arson in wildfire history-the 1953 Rattlesnake Fire in Mendocino National Forest, which claimed the lives of fifteen firefighters-Maclean explains the mysterious dynamics of fire, and the courage and techniques required to combat it.
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