| Book Review | Environmental History, 13.2

You have not been recognized as a subscriber to Enviromental History online. About 186 words from this article are provided below; about 488 words remain.

If you are a individual subscriber to Environmental History, you may:: • login here if you have already registered for online access.; • Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
• Set up your online account for the first time.
If you are not a subscriber to the Environmental History, you can:: • get subscription information here.
• Purchase a research pass to gain two hour access to the entire History Cooperative web site. You will have full access to current issues of Environmental History (8.1-present).
Instititutions can:: • get subscription information here to receive print and electronic issues.
• Activate your existing subscription so that we recognize your IP number ranges.

| Book Review | Environmental History, 13.2 | The History Cooperative

Book Review

Blazing Heritage: A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks. By Hal K. Rothman. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. viii + 281 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Cloth $29.95.

Stewards of parks and forests have always been concerned about wildfires and, in the United States, fires large and small have marked turning points in the histories of many national parks. In recent years, bitter political controversy followed both the conflagration that charred a third of Yellowstone National Park in 1988 and the prescribed fire in Bandelier National Monument that escaped control to threaten the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2000. The resulting public questioning of National Park Service (NPS) fire management policy prompted the agency to commission a history of wildfire in the national parks to provide a fuller context for future deliberations. Hal Rothman, who had written several previous contract histories for the NPS, agreed to take on this assignment and his 2005 NPS report—A Test of Adversity and Strength: Wildland Fire in the National Park System—serves as the foundation for his splendid book, Blazing Heritage.

. . .

There are about 488 more words in this article. Please log in (or, if you are not yet an authorized user, please go to the User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.