Mountains of memory : a fire lookout's life in the River of No Return Wilderness / / Don Scheese; foreword by Wayne Franklin
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| Autore: |
Scheese Don
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| Titolo: |
Mountains of memory : a fire lookout's life in the River of No Return Wilderness / / Don Scheese; foreword by Wayne Franklin
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| Pubblicazione: | Iowa City : , : University of Iowa Press, , 2001 |
| ©2001 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxx, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 363.379092 |
| 634.9/3 | |
| 634.93 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Fire lookouts - Idaho - Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness |
| Natural history - Idaho - Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (Idaho) |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-220) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1.Settling In; 2.Working a Lookout; 3.Visitors; 4.Independence Day; 5.Eyes in the Sky; 6.Some Former Inhabitants; 7.Running the River; 8.Midsummer Musings and Field Notes; 9.Fire on the Mountain, lightning in the Air; 10.Society; 11.Friends; 12.Pleasing Prospects; 13.Getting to the Source of Things; 14.The Bighorn Crags; 15.The Eagle Bar Fire; 16.Hunting, The Fundamental Diversion; 17.The Habit of Walking; 18.The Fires of Fall; 19.Worship; 20.Last Visitors; 21.Disappearances; 22.The State of Nature; 23.Coda; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Mountains of Memory, seasoned wilderness dweller Don Scheese charts a long season of watching for and fighting fires in Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness&151the largest federal wilderness area in the mainland United States. An inspiring tale of self-discovery, Mountains of Memory paints a complex portrait of the natural, institutional, and historical forces that have shaped the great forested landscapes of the American West. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mountains of memory |
| ISBN: | 1-58729-407-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777443003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
American land and life series.