Smoke Chasing

by Stephen J. Pyne

Book Overview

"Painting, architecture, politics, even gardening and golf--all have their critics and commentators," observes Stephen Pyne. "Fire does not." Aside from news reports on fire disasters, most writing about fire appears in government reports and scientific papers--and in journalism that has more in common with the sports page than the editorial page.

Smokechasing presents commentaries by one of America's leading fire scholars, who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816522855
• ISBN13: 9780816522859
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

useful to those who think AND do

This is a good collection of essays on the world of wildland fire, from history to philosophy to grubbing in the dirt. It is not for those who are not already part of wildland fire; you have to DO it to get it, I guess. If you get it, the essays on prescribed fire are thoughtful criticisms of the status quo, and are strong calls for those of us who use prescribed fire to stop taking it for granted before we lose it. Those essays are highly recommended for all thinking firefighters and fire managers.