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Stephen J. Pyne
Fire on the Rim
A Firefighter’s Season at the Grand Canyon

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In this lively account of one [fire] season, Pyne introduces us to the tightly knit world of a fire crew, to the complex geography of the North Rim, to the technique and changing philosophy of fire management.

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Stephen J. Pyne is a professor in the Biology and Society Program at Arizona State Universty. He is the author of many books, including Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 and Fire on the Rim: A Firefighter’s Season at the Grand Canyon. Fire: A Brief History is the sixth volume in Pyne’s Cycle of Fire, which also includes Vestal Fire, World Fire, Burning Bush, The Ice and Fire in America.

Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 336 ● ISBN 9780295805221 ● Dimensione 2.6 MB ● Casa editrice University of Washington Press ● Città Seattle ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2016 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 4991823 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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