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005			20240716140726.0
008			240311s2023 nyuab c b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780593121733 _q(trade hardcover)
020			_a0593121732 _q(trade hardcover)
020			_a9780593121740 _q(library binding)
020			_a0593121740 _q(library binding)
035			_a(OCoLC)on1425897554
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082	0	4	_a634.9/618/0973 _223
100	1		_aMarrin, Albert, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWhen forests burn : _bthe story of wildfires in America /
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c[2023]
300			_a240 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c21 x 25 cm
500			_a"This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [195]-225) and index.
505	0		_aIce, 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			_a"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	_aForest fires _zUnited States _xHistory _vJuvenile literature. _9140143
650		0	_aForest fires _zUnited States _xPrevention and control _xHistory _vJuvenile literature. _9140144
650		1	_aForest fires _xHistory. _9140145
650		1	_aFire prevention. _9140146
655		7	_aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters. _2bisacsh _9140147
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