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Bad Smoke, Good Smoke: A Texas Rancher's View of Wildfire

Bad Smoke, Good Smoke: A Texas Rancher's View of Wildfire - Hardcover

by John R. Erickson
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Availability:In StockContributor:John R. EricksonSeries:Voice in the American WestPublish date:2021-05-28Pages:208
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Texas Tech University PressISBN-13:9781682830871ISBN-10:168283087XUPC:9781682830871Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Natural Disasters, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.20 x 7.70 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCNZSSERF9
From his home on the Texas Panhandle, John R. Erickson, rancher and author of the bestselling Hank the Cowdog series, saw firsthand the raw power of two megafires that swept across the high plains in 2006 and 2017. "These were landmark events that are etched onto the memory of an entire generation and will be passed down to the next. They made the old-time methods of fighting fire with shovels, wet gunny sacks, and ranch spray rigs a pathetic joke."

Yet Bad Smoke, Good Smoke, while relating a tale of gut-wrenching destruction, also provides a more nuanced view of what is often a natural event, giving the two-sided story of our relationship with fire. Not just a first-hand account, Bad Smoke, Good Smoke also synthesizes and explains the latest research in range management, climate, and fire. Having experienced the bad smoke, Erickson tries to understand a rancher's relationship to good smoke and to reconcile the symbiotic relationship that a rancher has with fire.

Evocatively chronicled, Erickson tells what it is like trying to stop the unstoppable: Bad Smoke, Good Smoke gives voice to the particular pains that ranchers must face in our era of climate change and ever more powerful natural disasters.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Texas Tech University PressISBN-13:9781682830871ISBN-10:168283087XUPC:9781682830871Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Natural Disasters, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.20 x 7.70 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCNZSSERF9
Erickson, John R.: - John R. Erickson, one-time bartender, handyman, cowboy, and founder of Maverick Books, has written and published 75 books and more than 600 articles. He is the author of the bestselling Hank the Cowdog series of books, audio-books, and stage plays. His writing has garnered many accolades, including the Audie, Oppenheimer, Wrangler, and Lamplighter Awards, and his works have been translated into Spanish, Danish, Farsi, and Chinese. A fifth-generation Texan, Erickson owns a ranch in Perryton, Texas.

Publisher: Texas Tech University Press

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