To the Last Smoke An Anthology |
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| Author:
| Pyne, Stephen J. |
| Series title: | To the Last Smoke Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8165-4012-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Arizona Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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This anthology offers a unique and sweeping view of the nation's fire scene by distilling observations on Florida, California, the Northern Rockies, the Great Plains, the Southwest, the Interior West, the Northeast, Alaska, the oak woodlands, and the Pacific Northwest into a single, readable volume. The essays offer a color-commentary companion to the play-by-play narrative offered in Pyne's Between Two Fires: A Fire History of Contemporary America. ...
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This anthology offers a unique and sweeping view of the nation's fire scene by distilling observations on Florida, California, the Northern Rockies, the Great Plains, the Southwest, the Interior West, the Northeast, Alaska, the oak woodlands, and the Pacific Northwest into a single, readable volume. The essays offer a color-commentary companion to the play-by-play narrative offered in Pyne's Between Two Fires: A Fire History of Contemporary America.
To the Last Smoke is Stephen J. Pyne's way of "keeping with it to the end," encompassing the directive from his rookie season as a wildland firefighter to stay with every fire "to the last smoke."