Prairie fire : a Great Plains history / Julie Courtwright.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2011.Description: xii, 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780700617944 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0700617949 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Grassland fires -- Great Plains -- History
- Grassland fires -- Great Plains -- Prevention and control -- History
- Fires -- Great Plains -- History
- Prairies -- Great Plains -- History
- Prairie ecology -- Great Plains -- History
- Human ecology -- Great Plains -- History
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- History
- Great Plains -- Environmental conditions
- Great Plains -- History
- SD421.5 .C68 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "Think of this" -- "Mass of grass" -- "Putting out fire" -- "Master of the prairie" -- "One first grand cause" -- "Fight fire when necessary, fight together, and fight it out" -- "A horrible world of cinders and blackness" -- "Awfully grand" -- "Burn, prairie, burn" -- Conclusion: "A prairie fire came upon the place."
Courtwright vividly recounts how fire--setting it, fighting it, watching it, fearing it--has bound Plains people to each other and to the prairies themselves for centuries. She traces the history of both natural and intentional fires from Native American practices to the current use of controlled burns as an effective land management tool, along the way sharing the personal accounts of people whose lives have been touched by fire. --from publisher description.