America’s Fires: Management on Wildlands and Forests
By Stephen J. Pyne (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2002–03)
Fire
Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada
By Stephen J. Pyne (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2002–03) Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada’s forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and … Continued
Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire
By Stephen J. Pyne (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2002–03) A study of five Americans–Franklin, Irving, Garrison, Emerson, and Dickinson–who wrote about being writers and their confrontation with the emerging commercial reality of the literary marketplace. 20 illustrations.
Smokechasing
By Stephen J. Pyne (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2002–03) "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 … Continued
History with Fire in Its Eye: An Introduction to Fire in America
With fire, humans claim a unique ecological niche: this is what we do that no other creature does. We apply and withhold it according to social institutions, cultural norms, perceptions of how we see ourselves in nature. Different people have created distinctive fire regimes, as they have distinctive literatures and architectures. In this way fire … Continued