Mountains of memory : a fire lookout's life in the river of no return wilderness /

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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 p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scheese, Don
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa State, ©2001.
Colección:American land and life series.
Temas:
Scheese, Don.
Fire lookouts > Idaho > Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness > Biography.
Natural history > Idaho > Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Forestry.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
NATURE > Plants > Trees.
Fire lookouts.
Natural history.
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (Idaho)
Idaho > Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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. The Bighorn Crags
  • 15. The Eagle Bar Fire
  • 16. Hunting, the fundamental diversion
  • 17. The habit of walking
  • 18. The fires of fall
  • 19. Worship
  • 20. Last visitors
  • 21. Disappearances
  • 22. The state of nature.

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