Smokechasing

by Stephen J. Pyne

One of America's leading fire scholars tracks down more of the history and lore of fire in a collection that focuses on wildland fire and its management. This new collection features thirty-two original articles and substantial revisions of previous pieces to address many issues that have sparked public concern in the wake of disastrous wildfires in the West, such as fire ecology, federal fire management, and questions relating to fire suppression.

260 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1903

Reviews

[Jeremy Webb · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Why study fire? Because it’s there. Because it’s fascinating. Because it matters. Because it’s fun. Because if we can no longer get excited about fire, then we might as well resign our species membership in the great chain of being.”

[Dylan Schultz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Smokechasing is a book written by Stephen J. Pyne in 2003. This book was about sending firefighters in the wild to track down the source of smoke.The reason they do this is to stop a fire from happening and find out how the smoke is forming and prevent it from spreading and starting forest fires. In this book Pyne addresses many issues that have concerned the public about fires happening in nature. Some of these issue include fire ecology, federal fire management, and any other concerns people may have about fire.

In this book there are 2 main people. They are both firefighters and only try to find the sources of fires to prevent them from spreading. They do this by following smoke that is reported seen and follow it to the main source of it. After they find it they try to prevent a fire from happening or if it is already formed they put it out and make sure it can't spread.


I think pretty much all people should read this book because it is very well written and can help you learn alot about the natural world and how fire forms. This book is especially for people who are interested in how fire forms or want to be firefighters. The reason i would recommend it to them is it has many parts about fighting fires and how humans and fire interact. Even if you are not very interested in being a firefighter I would still recommend this book.