Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910
Stephen J. Pyne
352 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0142001171
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Language: English
Publish: May 28, 2002
American HistoryEnvironmentHistoricalHistoryNatureNonfictionResearch
The chilling story of the most important firefighting effort in American history describes the disastrous 1910 season, as wildfires swept across Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana, claiming lives, towns, and mining camps, and illustrates the larger story of how American bureaucracies, railroads, political scandal, pioneering, and ideas collide with nature. Reprint.