| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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American land and life series
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American land and life series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220). |
| Contents |
1. Settling in -- 2. Working a lookout -- 3. Visitors -- 4. Independence Day -- 5. Eyes in the sky : brief history of fire lookouts -- 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. Bighorn Crags -- 15. Eagle Bar Fire -- 16. Hunting, the fundamental diversion -- 17. Habit of walking -- 18. Fires of fall -- 19. Worship -- 20. Last visitors -- 21. Disappearances -- 22. State of nature. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Scheese, Don.
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Scheese, Don. |
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Scheese, Don. |
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Fire lookouts -- Idaho -- Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness -- Biography.
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Fire lookouts. |
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Idaho -- Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Natural history -- Idaho -- Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
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Natural history. |
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Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (Idaho)
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scheese, Don. Mountains of memory. Iowa City : University of Iowa State, ©2001 0877457832 0877457840 (DLC) 2001033292 (OCoLC)46785376 |
| ISBN |
1587294079 (electronic book) |
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9781587294075 (electronic book) |
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