Fire and Ashes
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Open LibraryAbout this book
A history of American wildfires recounts the most significant fires, sharing front-line stories, past and present firefighting strategies, and the apparent increase in fire occurrence and intensity in recent years.
Themes & subjects
WildfiresFire ecologyPrevention and controlForest firesFire preventionNatural history
First published 2003Setting
United States
About the author
John N. Maclean
1943
<b><a href="http://johnmacleanbooks.com/">John Norman MacLean</a></b> (b. 1943) is an American author and journalist, known for his writing about wildland firefighting. MacLean holds a bachelor's degree from <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>, a <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/curriculum/index.cfm">Great Books</a> college in Chicago, and was a Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University. He worked for the City News Bureau and the Chicago Tribune for many years before leaving the Tribune to work on his first book, <i>Fire on the Mountain</i>, in 1995. He has published numerous books since then, including <i>Young Men and Fire</i>, <i>Fire and Ashes</i>, and …
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