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1 online resource (xvi, 365 pages) : illustrations |
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text file rda |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Front Flap; Front Matter; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; Part I: Everybody's Hometown; 1. Yarnell Hill; 2. Fuses and Bombs; 3. Prescott; Part II: Our Greatest Ally, Our Fiercest Foe; 4. Heartstrong; 5. Red Buffalo, Black Dragon; 6. Crazy Woman; 7. The Bigger Blowup; Part III: The Crowded Forest; 8. Mansions in the Slums; 9. The Blackline; 10. Slop-Over; 11. Off to the Races; 12. Red Zones; Part IV: Turning Up the Heat; 13. Playing with Fire; 14. Nuclear Frying Pan; 15. The Vanishing Forest; 16. The Fire-Industrial Complex; Photographs; 17. High Park |
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18. Firebugs19. Forest Jihad; Part V: Extended Attack; 20. Mountain Shadows; 21. Firestorm; 22. Seeing Red; 23. Never Winter; 24. Black Forest; 25. Trickle Down; Part VI: Backfire; 26. Frontier Days; 27. Defusing the Time Bomb; 28. The Doce; 29. Where the Desert Breeze Meets the Mountain Air; 30. The Perfect Firestorm; 31. Trigger Points; 32. Nineteen; 33. Blowback; Back Matter; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; Back Flap; Back Cover; Spine |
| Summary |
A brilliant exploration of the rising phenomenon of megafires-forest fires of alarming scale, intensity, and devastation-that explains the science of what is causing them and captures the danger and heroism of those who fight them In Megafire, a world-renowned journalist and forest fire expert travels to the most dangerous and remote wildernesses, as well as to the backyards of people faced with these environmental disasters, to look at the heart of this phenomenon and witness firsthand the heroic efforts of the firefighters and scientists racing against time to stop it-or at least to tame these deadly flames. From Colorado to California, China to Canada, the narrative hopscotches the globe and takes readers to the frontlines of the battle both on the ground and in the air, and in the laboratories, universities, and federal agencies where this issue rages on. Through this prism of perspectives, Kodas zeroes in on a handful of the most terrifying and tumultuous of these environmental disasters in recent years-the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona that took the lives of nineteen elite "hotshot" firefighters, the Waldo Canyon Fire that overwhelmed the city of Colorado Springs-and more in a page-turning narrative that puts a face on the brave people at the heart of this issue. Megafire describes the profound impact of these fires around the earth and will change the way we think about the environment and the essential precariousness of our world. |
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A journalist and forest-fire expert shares his experiences in some of the world's most dangerous and remote regions to explore the rising phenomenon of large-scale fires, the damage they cause, and how they are being battled by elite firefighters. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-349) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Wildfires.
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Wildfire fighters.
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Wildfire fighters. |
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Wildfires. |
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Electronic books. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Kodas, Michael. Megafire Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017 9780547792088 (DLC) 2017019810 (OCoLC)953710058 |
| ISBN |
9780547792125 : $28.00 |
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0547792123 : $28.00 |
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