Description: FIRE IN PARADISEThe Yellowstone Fires and the Politics of EnvironmentalismBy Micah MorrisonLIKE NEW - FIRST EDITION - HARDCOVER & DUST JACKET With one eye cocked for high drama, the other for any hint of bureaucratic bungling, Morrison (a reporter for Insight magazine) tells in fascinating detail the story of Yellowstone's 1988 firestorm. The summer of 1988 was a mean fire season. Big-time blazes were fought all across the country, but it was Yellowstone's million-acre incineration that caught the public's eye. Some viewed the conflagration as one of nature's great events and hailed the park's ``natural burn'' policy as a sensible response to nature's mysterious, sometimes scary, ways. But others disagreed, finding that policy to be a bone-headed approach without ecological merit or economic common sense. Morrison doesn't choose sides in this debate; he's more interested in the various snafus, mixed signals, reversals, and downright flimflammery that marked the handling of the fires. Confusion and cross-purpose reigned: The mission of the Forest Service clashed with that of the Park Service; there were manifold, antagonistic, uncoordinated levels of command; from the beginning, communication difficulties between the command structures, the press, and the public were evident; and firefighters had to contend with dwindling resources in the face of increased fire severity. Engaging as these facts may be, though, the real excitement of Morrison's report lies in his profiles of the fires--mischievous, multiple-personality characters full of nasty surprises. From the fires' first lazy hours right through the white-knuckle days of August when the flames threatened gateway communities, the author serves up a thrilling, blow-by-blow account of the wildfire. A suspenseful confrontation between a roaring inferno and an elephantine bureaucracy, in which everyone gets burned. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. * * * * * * * * SELLER'S NOTE: All of the images provided here are of the actual book being offered. The first two photos were taken using a digital camera. A desktop scanner was used for the remaining images. This would account for any color differences. I tend to be very critical of an item's condition. The item itself may be "BRAND NEW" but if the DJ is flawed, it will be listed with a lower grade, and I will make every effort to identify any condition defects. Shipping is within one business day and the buyer's satisfaction is always 100% guaranteed! Purchased books are carefully packaged in custom cardboard boxes to be made ready for shipment via USPS Media Mail(which includes tracking) within 24 hours of payment. Please feel free to contact me with any questions and thanks for checking out this book! FREE SHIPPING!
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, B/W Photos
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 253 Pages
Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.25 x 1 inches
Topic: Parks & Campgrounds, Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Fire Science, Wildfire Control, Firefighting tactics, Wildland Fire, The Yellowstone Fires and the Politics of Environmentalism
Book Series: Firefighting
Era: 1990s
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Ex Libris: No
ISBN-13: 978-0060163037
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Publication Year: 1993
Book Title: FIRE IN PARADISE Yellowstone Fires & Politics of Environmentalism
Author: Micah Morrison
ISBN-10: 0060163038
Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Harper Collins
Genre: Law, Nature, Science, Political Science
