Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 - Softcover

Pyne, Stephen J.

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9780142001172: Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910

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ISBN 10: 0142001171 ISBN 13: 9780142001172

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2002

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The chilling story of the most important firefighting effort in American history describes the disastrous 1910 season, as wildfires swept across Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana, claiming lives, towns, and mining camps, and illustrates the larger story of how American bureaucracies, railroads, political scandal, pioneering, and ideas collide with nature. Reprint.

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About the Author:

Stephen J. Pyne is professor of history at Arizona State University, a MacArthur Foundation fellow, and winner of the 1995 Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for his contribution to American letters. He is the author of ten acclaimed books on environmental history, including The Ice, which was a New York Times Editor's Choice.

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Describes the disastrous 1910 season, as wildfires swept across the Pacific Northwest, claiming lives, towns, and mining camps, and illustrates how American bureaucracies, politics, developments, and ideas collide with nature.

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