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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Julie CourtwrightPublisher: University Press of Kansas Imprint: University Press of Kansas Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780700635139ISBN 10: 0700635130 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 13 January 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction: “Think of This” 1. “Mass of Grass” 2. “Putting Out Fire” 3. “Master of the Prairie” 4. “One First Grand Cause” 5. “Fight Fire When Necessary, Fight Together, and Fight It Out” 6. “A Horrible World of Cinders and Blackness” 7. “Awfully Grand” 8. “Burn, Prairie, Burn” Conclusion: “A Prairie Fire Came upon the Place” Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""Fire has been a primal force in the American heartland--a tool and a threat, a source of terror and wonder, entangled with the very identities of plains peoples--yet before now no one has told its story. Courtwright has taken up that challenge, and her history, grandly researched and vividly told, is an essential addition to western environmental studies.""--Elliott West, author of The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado ""For too long the Great Plains have been the flyover region of American fire history. Thanks to Courtwright's detailed and admirable work, they can now move from missing middle back to the center.""--Stephen Pyne, author of Fire: A Brief History" Fire has been a primal force in the American heartland--a tool and a threat, a source of terror and wonder, entangled with the very identities of plains peoples--yet before now no one has told its story. Courtwright has taken up that challenge, and her history, grandly researched and vividly told, is an essential addition to western environmental studies. --Elliott West, author of The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado For too long the Great Plains have been the flyover region of American fire history. Thanks to Courtwright's detailed and admirable work, they can now move from missing middle back to the center. --Stephen Pyne, author of Fire: A Brief History ""Fire has been a primal force in the American heartland—a tool and a threat, a source of terror and wonder, entangled with the very identities of plains peoples—yet before now no one has told its story. Courtwright has taken up that challenge, and her history, grandly researched and vividly told, is an essential addition to western environmental studies.""—Elliott West, author of The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado ""For too long the Great Plains have been the flyover region of American fire history. Thanks to Courtwright’s detailed and admirable work, they can now move from missing middle back to the center.""—Stephen Pyne, author of Fire: A Brief History Author InformationJulie Courtwright is an assistant professor of history at Iowa State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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