Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines of American Wildfire
EVEN BETTER THAN THE FIRST: Maclean's done it again, only this time he's done it better. His first book, FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN, was and still is a popular book with wildland firefighters. This one, though, will be a must-own for the summer army of boots- [... more]
$25.00
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Ghosts of the Fireground: Echoes of the Great Peshtigo ...
Buyer Beware: I intended to write a review halfway through this book, but I kept reading expecting it would actually talk about Peshtigo, but as other reviewers have said, it's mostly about Mr. Leschak. I finished it months ago, and just ran across it [... more]
$15.95
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Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects
Very sophisticated!!!: This is a book for someone who is SERIOUS about learning about wildfires. It is full of complex math formulas and many things that are beyond most readers. Read only if interested in highly technical data. Binding: Hardcover Dewey [... more]
$101.00
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Young Men and Fire
Amazon.com Review: A work that consumed 14 years of Maclean's life, and earned a 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award, Young Men and Fire tells the story of a Rocky Mountain forest fire that that claimed the lives of 13 young smoke jumpers on August 5, [... more]
$19.95
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Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and ...
Culture and Fire: Although there are any number of worthy books and articles on the ecological effects of fire (and of fire-suppression), Pyne's take on the ways in which humans have and still do use fire in manners which are as much conditioned by [... more]
$27.50
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Fire on the Rim: A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon
Probably the best book I've read on forest firefighting: This is a great book, written not from a journalistic point of view nor from an official point of view, but from that of somebody who was a fire boss for over a decade on the Grand Canyon's North [... more]
$25.00
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Fire and Vegetation Dynamics: Studies from the North ...
Book Description: It is almost dogma that the boreal forest in North America is a fire dependent forest, yet ecologists often do not consider in any technical detail how forest fires affect individual plants and plant populations. This text sets out to [... more]
$31.99
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Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon ...
Amazon.com Review: Colorado and its neighboring states battle thousands of wildfires every year, scrub and sagebrush blazes often ignited by lightning strikes in the dry, hot days of summer. A vast, intertwined firefighting infrastructure combining local [... more]
$24.00
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Analysis and Interpretation of Fire Scene Evidence ...
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 363.3765 EAN: 9780849378850 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0849378850 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: 2004-02-11 [... more]
$124.95
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The Seasons Of Fire: Reflections On Fire In The West ...
The Seasons of Fire : Reflections on Fire in the West: Strohmaier captures the essense of what calls people from all walks of life to a world of flames and wild places. As a veteran wildland firefighter for over 24 years, it was a joy to read about the [... more]
$21.95
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Mountains Of Memory: A Fire Lookout'S Life (American ...
a new perspective: As a fire lookout in the mountains of the Challis National Forest in Idaho, Donald Scheese recounts his summer of service and the many adventures that he experienced. The job of a fire lookout is one of immense difficulty and is [... more]
$47.95
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Fire Line: Summer Battles of the West
The very best book available on Western wildfires: Mike Thoele is one of the few humans truly qualified to write a book that accurately portrays the culture and the people of wildland fire. And he has done a spectacular job of it with this fine book. [... more]
$34.95
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