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During the summer of 2000, Americans from coast to coast witnessed the worst fire season in recorded history. Daily news reports brought dramatic images of vast swaths of land going up in smoke, from the mountains of Montana and Wyoming, to the scrublands of Texas, to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where a controlled burn gone awry threatened forests, homes, and even our nation's nuclear secrets. As they have for centuries, wildfires captured our attention and our imagination, reminding us of the power of the natural forces that shape our world.In Wildfire: A Readernature writer and wildland firefighter Alianor True gathers together for the first time some of the finest stories and essays ever written about wildfire in America. From Mark Twain to Norman Maclean to Edward Abbey, writers featured here depict and record wildfires with remarkable depth and clarity. An ecological perspective is well represented through the works of John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and John McPhee. Ed Engle, Louise Wagenknecht, and Gretchen Yost, firefighters from the front lines, give us exciting first-person perspectives, reliving their on-the-ground encounters with forest fires.The works gathered in Wildfirenot only explore the sensory and aesthetic aspects of fire, but also highlight how much attitudes have changed over the past 200 years. From Native Americans who used fire as a tool, to early Americans who viewed it as a frightening and destructive force, to Aldo Leopold and other conservationists whose ideas caused us to rethink the value and role of fire, this rich collection is organized around those shifts in thinking.Capturing the fury and the heat of a raging inferno, or the quiet emergence of wildflowers sprouting from ashes, the writings included in Wildfirerepresent a vital and compelling addition to the nature writing and natural history bookshelf.
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Introduction: Fire from the Sky p. xiii
Part I. Big Country, Big Fires
Introduction p. 3
Myths of the Cherokee: The First Fire Cherokee Tale p. 7
How Tol'-le-loo Got the Fire for the Mountain People Miwok Tale p. 9
Excerpt from The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis p. 11
Selection from A Tour on the Prairies Washington Irving p. 12
Selection from The Allegash and East Branch Henry David Thoreau p. 19
Selection from John of the Mountains John Muir p. 25
Selection from My First Summer in the Sierra John Muir p. 27
Selection from Roughing It Mark Twain p. 29
The Big Blowup Stephen J. Pyne p. 34
Part II. Of Fire and the Landscape
Introduction p. 49
Grass, Brush, Timber and Fire in Southeast Arizona Aldo Leopold p. 53
Selection from Young Men and Fire Norman Maclean p. 63
After the Fire Margaret Millar p. 79
Selection from Panther! Roger Caras p. 84
Fire Lookout: Numa Ridge Edward Abbey p. 90
Fire Ed Engle p. 113
Part III. Fire as Foe, Fire as Friend
Introduction p. 129
Incineration of Yellowstone Ted Williams p. 133
Selection from Fireline: Summer Battles of the West Michael Thoele p. 156
Selection from The Control of Nature John McPhee p. 170
Selection from Fire on the Mountain John Maclean p. 177
The Fires Next Time Rick Bass p. 187
Pride and Glory of Firefighting Is Hard to Resist Louise Wagenknecht p. 196
Firefinder Alianor True p. 200
First Burn Gretchen Dawn Yost p. 209
The Shape of Things to Come Keith Easthouse p. 215
Sources p. 223
Contributors p. 225
Acknowledgments p. 230
Index p. 231
About the Editor p. 247
Part I. Big Country, Big Fires
Introduction p. 3
Myths of the Cherokee: The First Fire Cherokee Tale p. 7
How Tol'-le-loo Got the Fire for the Mountain People Miwok Tale p. 9
Excerpt from The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis p. 11
Selection from A Tour on the Prairies Washington Irving p. 12
Selection from The Allegash and East Branch Henry David Thoreau p. 19
Selection from John of the Mountains John Muir p. 25
Selection from My First Summer in the Sierra John Muir p. 27
Selection from Roughing It Mark Twain p. 29
The Big Blowup Stephen J. Pyne p. 34
Part II. Of Fire and the Landscape
Introduction p. 49
Grass, Brush, Timber and Fire in Southeast Arizona Aldo Leopold p. 53
Selection from Young Men and Fire Norman Maclean p. 63
After the Fire Margaret Millar p. 79
Selection from Panther! Roger Caras p. 84
Fire Lookout: Numa Ridge Edward Abbey p. 90
Fire Ed Engle p. 113
Part III. Fire as Foe, Fire as Friend
Introduction p. 129
Incineration of Yellowstone Ted Williams p. 133
Selection from Fireline: Summer Battles of the West Michael Thoele p. 156
Selection from The Control of Nature John McPhee p. 170
Selection from Fire on the Mountain John Maclean p. 177
The Fires Next Time Rick Bass p. 187
Pride and Glory of Firefighting Is Hard to Resist Louise Wagenknecht p. 196
Firefinder Alianor True p. 200
First Burn Gretchen Dawn Yost p. 209
The Shape of Things to Come Keith Easthouse p. 215
Sources p. 223
Contributors p. 225
Acknowledgments p. 230
Index p. 231
About the Editor p. 247
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