TY - BOOK AU - Pyne,Stephen J. TI - To the Last Smoke: an Anthology SN - 9780816540129 AV - SD421.3 .P964 2020 U1 - 634.9/6180973 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Tucson PB - The University of Arizona Press KW - Wildfires KW - United States KW - History KW - Prevention and control KW - Forest fires KW - fast N1 - Reprints selected, lightly edited, essays from the 9 regional volumes of the series that speak with special power for each region, plus one new essay on the 2017-18 fire season in California; Includes bibliographical references and index; Author's note -- Florida -- California -- Northern Rockies -- Great Plains -- Southwest -- Interior West -- Northeast -- Slopovers -- Here and there N2 - "To the Last Smoke offers a unique and sweeping view of the nation's fire scene by distilling observations on Florida, California, the Northern Rockies, the Great Plains, the Southwest, the Interior West, the Northeast, Alaska, the oak woodlands, and the Pacific Northwest into a single, readable volume. The anthology functions as a color-commentary companion to the play-by-play narrative offered in Pyne's Between Two Fires: A Fire History of Contemporary America. The series is Pyne's way of "keeping with it to the end," encompassing the directive from his rookie season to stay with every fire "to the last smoke.""-- ER -