| Physical Description |
xvi, 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-349) and index. |
| Contents |
Everybody's hometown -- Yarnell Hill -- Fuses and bombs -- Prescott -- Our greatest ally, our fiercest foe -- Heartstrong -- Red Buffalo, Black Dragon -- Crazy woman -- the bigger blowup -- The crowded forest -- Mansions in the slums -- The blackline -- Slop-over -- Off to the races -- Red zones -- Turning up the heat -- Playing with fire -- Nuclear frying pan -- The vanishing forest -- The fire-industrial complex -- High park -- Firebugs -- Forest jihad -- Extended attack -- Mountain shadows -- Firestorm -- Seeing red -- Never winter -- Black forest -- Trickle down -- Backfire -- Frontier days -- Defusing the time bomb -- The Doce -- Where the desert breeze meets the mountain air -- The perfect firestorm -- Trigger points -- Nineteen -- Blowback. |
| Summary |
A journalist and forest-fire expert shares his experiences in some of the world's most dangerous and remote regions to explore the rising phenomenon of large-scale fires, the damage they cause, and how they are being battled by elite firefighters. |
| Subject |
Wildfires.
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Wildfire fighters.
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