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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Marrin, Albert, author.     Subjects     Forest fires -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Forest fires -- United States -- Prevention and control -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Fire prevention -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Marrin, Albert, author.       by title:      When forests burn : ...         MARC Display

When forests burn : the story of wildfires in America / Albert Marrin. by Marrin, Albert, author. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023] Subjects Forest fires -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.   Forest fires -- United States -- Prevention and control -- History -- Juvenile literature.   Fire prevention -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9780593121733 (trade hardcover) : 0593121732 (trade hardcover) Description:  240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 25 cm. Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Ice, fire, and forest. Ice ; Fire ; Out of Beringia ; Forests ; Wildfire -- Once upon a time in America. When different worlds met ; The legions of death ; Experiencing the great forest ; Beliefs ; Making land ; The woods aflame -- Harvesting the Northwoods. A wooden nation ; Timber barons ; Lumberjacks -- Peshtigo: The night hell yawned. Fires remembered and forgotten ; A speck in the Northwoods ; The fires of autumn ; Firestorm ; Reckonings -- The Hinckley Horror of 1894. Dark legacy ; The Great Minnesota Fire -- America's war on wildlife. War on wildlife: bison ; The end of the passenger pigeon -- Changing minds. George Perkins Marsh ; John Muir ; Gifford and Theodore -- The worst forest fire ever: The big blowup of 1910. The forest ranger ; Battling wildfire ; Fire, fire, everywhere ; Aftershocks -- Bigger, hotter, faster. Fighting wildfire today ; Climate change ; The Golden State burning ; Fires of 2020 ; Hard choices. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in American history--how they began and . . . stories of both rescue and tragedy . . . teaches us about the past--and shows a better way forward in the future"--Publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult New Books 634.9618 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Ewa Beach P/S Library YA -- Nonfiction 634.9618 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Acquisitions, YA   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 634.9618 Marrin Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 634.9618 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 634.9618 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Manoa Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 634.9618 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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