From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne
explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master
wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.
"On rare occasions, the historical literature is enriched by the
introduction of a broad new field for study, by a book that
dramatically expands the boundaries of scholarly investigation.
Stephen Pyne's Fire in America is such a book. It achieves the
Promethean goal of bringing fire to history". -- Science
"Stephen J. Pyne compels our admiration for his gargantuan
ambition and richly informed intelligence. He tells us more than
anyone else to date has about the role of fire in the landscape,
tells us we have been wrong in assuming a pristine state of nature
before the white man's invasion, tells us what fire has meant to
the rise of civilization and this nation. No one interested in
environmental history can afford to ignore this massive
achievement". -- Journal of American History
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