Prairie Fire: A Great Plains History

by Julie Courtwright

Book Overview

A Kansas Notable Book

Prairie fires have always been a spectacular and dangerous part of the Great Plains. Nineteenth-century settlers sometimes lost their lives to uncontrolled blazes, and today ranchers such as those in the Flint Hills of Kansas manage the grasslands through controlled burning. Even small fires, overlooked by history, changed lives--destroyed someone's property, threatened someone's safety, or simply made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700635130
• ISBN13: 9780700635139
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"