| Description |
240 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ice, fire, and forest -- Once upon a time in America -- Harvesting the Northwoods -- Peshtigo: the night hell yawned -- The Hinckley horror of 1894 -- America's war on wildlife -- Changing minds -- The worst forest fire ever: the big blowup of 1910 -- Bigger, hotter, faster. |
| Summary |
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, from Native Americans to colonists, from conservationists to modern industrialists, have managed forests and fire the biggest wildfires in American history--how they began and dramatic stories of both rescue and tragedy what we're doing today to fight forest fires. |
| Audience |
Ages 10-13. |
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Grades 5-8. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG) |
| Subject |
Fires -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Wildfires -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Fires -- Juvenile literature.
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Wildfires -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
9780593121740 |
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0593121740 |
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