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Author

Courtwright, Julie.

Title Prairie fire : a Great Plains history / Julie Courtwright.

Imprint

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2011.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	633.208918 C836p 2011	---	Available
Axe Kansas Collection	633.208918 C836p 2011 c.2	---	Lib Use Only
Eureka Non-Fiction	978 Cou	---	Available
Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction	978.03 Cou	---	Available

Description	xii, 274 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: "Think of This" -- "Mass of Grass" -- "Putting Out Fire" -- "Master of the Prairie" -- "One First Grand Cause" -- "Fight Fire When Necessary, Fight Together, and Fight It Out" -- "A Horrible World of Cinders and Blackness" -- "Awfully Grand" -- "Burn, Prairie, Burn" -- Conclusion: "A Prairie Fire Came upon the Place."
Source	NBK 7/12 PPL
Subject	Grassland fires -- Great Plains -- History.
	Grassland fires -- Great Plains -- Prevention and control -- History.
	Fires -- Great Plains -- History.
	Prairies -- Great Plains -- History.
	Prairie ecology -- Great Plains -- History.
	Human ecology -- Great Plains -- History.
	Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- History.
	Great Plains -- Environmental conditions.
	Great Plains -- History.
ISBN	9780700617944 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0700617949 (cloth : alk. paper)