Fire on the Rim
A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2016
336 pages
978-0-295-80522-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this lively account of one [fire] season, Pyne introduces us to the tightly knit world of a fire crew, to the complex geography of the North Rim, to the technique and changing philosophy of fire management.
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09/1995
University of Washington Press
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Person
Stephen J. Pyne is a professor in the Biology and Society Program at Arizona State Universty. He is the author of many books, including Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 and Fire on the Rim: A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon. Fire: A Brief History is the sixth volume in Pyne's Cycle of Fire, which also includes Vestal Fire, World Fire, Burning Bush, The Ice and Fire in America.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface to the 1995 Edition: Reburn
- Preface to the Original Edition: Fire Call
- Part One: EOD
- Part Two: TOURS OF DUTY
- 1/ The Area
- 2/ Tipover
- 3/ Powell Plateau
- 4/ Saddle Mountain
- 5/ The Dragon
- 6/ The Basin
- 7/ The Monument
- 8/ Point Sublime
- 9/ Walhalla
- Part Three: COB
- Afterword: Final Report
- Glossary
- A
- B
- C
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- F
- H
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- P
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