When forests burn : (Record no. 64878)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02978cam a2200397 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | on1425897554 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240702133648.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 240311s2023 nyuab c b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780593121733 |
| Qualifying information | (trade hardcover) |
| International Standard Book Number | 0593121732 |
| Qualifying information | (trade hardcover) |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780593121740 |
| Qualifying information | (library binding) |
| International Standard Book Number | 0593121740 |
| Qualifying information | (library binding) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (OCoLC)on1425897554 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | IEP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | IEP |
| Modifying agency | IEP |
| -- | OCLCO |
| -- | IOU |
| -- | CPP |
| -- | IMF |
| -- | OCLCO |
| -- | ILC |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | n-us--- |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 634.9/618/0973 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Marrin, Albert, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | When forests burn : |
| Remainder of title | the story of wildfires in America / |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Alfred A. Knopf, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | [2023] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 240 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions | 21 x 25 cm |
| 336 ## - | |
| -- | text |
| -- | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - | |
| -- | unmediated |
| -- | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - | |
| -- | volume |
| -- | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-225) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Forest fires |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Form subdivision | Juvenile literature. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 140143 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Forest fires |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| General subdivision | Prevention and control |
| -- | History |
| Form subdivision | Juvenile literature. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 140144 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Forest fires |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 140145 |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fire prevention. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 140146 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters. |
| Source of term | bisacsh |
| 9 (RLIN) | 140147 |
| 994 ## - | |
| -- | C0 |
| -- | HSA |
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