Fire in America: a cultural history of wildland and rural fire

Prologue: The Smoke of Time 3

1 Nature's Fire 6

Electrical Fire: A Natural History of Lightning Fire 8

The Fire Environment: Principles of Fire Behavior 20

Fire and Life: Principles of Fire Ecology 34

The Burned-Over Districts: A Fire History of the Northeast 45

2 The Fire from Asia 66

Our Grandfather Fire: Fire and the American Indian 71

These Conflagrated Prairies: A Fire History of the Grasslands 84

Paiute Forestry: A History of the Light-Burning Controversy 100

3 The Fire from Europe 123

Prometheus Bound: Fire and Europe 126

Our Pappies Burned the Woods: A Fire History of the South 143

Fire Wolves and Smokey Bears: A History of Fire Prevention 161

4 The Great Barbecue 181

The Dragon Devastation: Fire and the Counterreclamation 184

Sky of Brass, Earth of Ash: A Fire History of the Lake States 199

From Fire and Axe: Private and Early Government Fire Protection 219

5 The Heroic Age 239

1910: A Fire History of the Northern Rockies 242

The Forester's Policy: A History of Fire Policy in the U.S. Forest Service 260

A Moral and Legal Charge: A History of Fire Policy in the Department of the Interior and Interagency Organizations 295

6 A Continental Experiment 322

Fire and Water: A Fire History of the Northwest 327

Cross Fire: Fire Protection by the States 346

Under Fire: A History of Manpower in Fire Control 360

7 The Cold War on Fire 387

Firepower: Fire and Warfare 390

A Burned-Out Case: A Fire History of Southern California 404

The Best Tools: A History of Fire Equipment 424

The Red Menace: A History of Rural Fire Defense 450

8 Fields of Fire 462

The Thermal Pulse: A History of Wildland Fire Research 467

Fire and Frost: A Fire History of Alaska 497

Fire on the Mountain: A Fire History of the Southwest 514

Epilogue: The Forbidden Flame 530.