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Mountains of memory : a fire lookout's life in the river of no return wilderness / Don Scheese ; foreword by Wayne Franklin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American land and life seriesPublication details: Iowa City : University of Iowa State, ©2001.Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 224 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1587294079
  • 9781587294075
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mountains of memory.DDC classification:
  • 634.9/3 22
LOC classification:
  • SD421.375 .S34 2001eb
Online resources:
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. 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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220).

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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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.

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