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Year of the Fires : The Story of the Great Fires of 1910
Year of the Fires The Story of the Great Fires of 1910
Author: Stephen J. Pyne
As wildfires blazed throughout the western United States in the summer of 2000, news organizations from across the country sought the insights of fire expert Stephen J. Pyne. Among the things he told them about were the many parallels between the fires of 2000 and the Great Fires that raged nearly a century ago. Here Pyne tells the whole story o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670899906
ISBN-10: 0670899909
Publication Date: 5/7/2001
Pages: 322
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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 donnamig avatar reviewed Year of the Fires : The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 on + 16 more book reviews
There is much historical backstory and many, many details in this book - so much and so many, in fact, that I was almost a third of the way into it before I gave up, without even getting to the fires in question. If you enjoy exhaustive research and detail, then this is the book for you. I found it very tough going and gave up.
reviewed Year of the Fires : The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 on + 59 more book reviews
It's amazing these brave people even thought to fight against this kind of disaster with the equipment available back then. Very good read.


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