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When Forests Burn: The Story of Wildfire in America

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Availability:In StockContributor:Albert MarrinAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2024-03-19Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780593121740ISBN-10:593121740UPC:9780593121740Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, HistoryBook Topic:Disasters, Trees & Forests, United StatesSize:8.10 x 9.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:2.2531Product ID:SC38KHDSPR
A fascinating look at the most destructive wildfires in American history, the impact of climate change, and what we're doing right and wrong to manage forest fire, from a National Book Award finalist. Perfect for young fans of disaster stories and national history.

Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path.

In this book, you'll find out about:
  • how and why wildfires happen
  • how different groups, from Native Americans to colonists, from conservationists to modern industrialists, have managed forests and fire
  • the biggest wildfires in American history--how they began and dramatic stories of both rescue and tragedy
  • what we're doing today to fight forest fires

  • Chock full of dramatic stories, fascinating facts, and compelling photos, When Forests Burn teaches us about the past--and shows a better way forward in the future.
    Language:EnglishPublisher:Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young ReadersISBN-13:9780593121740ISBN-10:593121740UPC:9780593121740Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Science & Nature, HistoryBook Topic:Disasters, Trees & Forests, United StatesSize:8.10 x 9.30 x 0.80 inchesWeight:2.2531Product ID:SC38KHDSPR
    Albert Marrin is the author of the National Book Award Finalist Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Factory Fire and Its Legacy; the Sibert Honor book Uprooted: The Japanese-American Experience During World War II; and the YALSA-ALA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust, as well as numerous other widely praised books. A retired history professor, he lives in New York City.
    Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

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    Albert Marrin

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