By Stephen J. Pyne (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2002–03)
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982
From the publisher’s description:
From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.
Subjects
Environment and Nature / History / Fire / Wildfires / Environmental History / Cultural History /Pyne, Stephen J. (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2002–03). Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1982.