Plagued By Fire

Author : Paul Hendrickson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473511101

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Plagued By Fire by Paul Hendrickson Pdf

From the award-winning and best-selling author of Hemingway's Boat – a ground-breaking biography that illuminates the life, mind and work of one of the icons of twentieth-century America. Frank Lloyd Wright has long been known as both a supreme artist and an insufferable egotist who held in contempt almost everything aside from his own genius as an architect. But in this masterly work we discover a man dogged by traumas, racked by lies, and stifled by the myths he wove around himself: a man aware of the choices he made, and of their costs. This is the Wright who was haunted by his father, about whom he told the greatest lie of his life. And this is the Wright of many other overlooked aspects of his story: his close, and perhaps romantic, relationship with friend and early mentor Cecil Corwin; the connection between the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 and the murder of his mistress, her two children and four others at his beloved Wisconsin home by a servant gone mad; and the eerie, unmistakable role of fires in his eventful life. Showing us Wright's facades along with their cracks, Hendrickson helps us form a deep and more human understanding of the man, and a fresh appreciation of his monumental artistic achievements. With prodigious research, unique vision and his ability to make sense of a life in ways at once unexpected, poetic and brilliant, he has given us the defining book on one of the greatest creative talents of twentieth-century America.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Fire prevention
ISBN : IND:30000091088223

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Fire Prevention and Control by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119655087

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Fire Prevention and Control, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development..., 93-1, July 25, 26, 31; August 1, 2, 1973 by United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics Committee Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Forest fires
ISBN : UCSC:32106018177763

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National Forests Fire Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eric Edmonds
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780595187348

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After the Fire by Eric Edmonds Pdf

Many of these poems were inspired by nature and my surroundings while I was incarserated in a mental instution . My brother and sisters have always been there for me, and I would like to dedicate this book to my family and all that have been a part of my life through out this trying period. My hopes are to continue wrighting and for the public to read and enjoy my work! Please look on the shelves in a bookstore for my next book which will be an autobiography from my life and the system from my age of seven years old to present! Thank you for reading and may God Bless Your life as well as he'has blessed me!

Author : John R. Weir,J Derek Scasta
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781486312498

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Global Application of Prescribed Fire by John R. Weir,J Derek Scasta Pdf

Global Application of Prescribed Fire provides a first-hand perspective of the various methods and ways people around the world view and use prescribed fire. It covers the logistics, constraints and social dynamics surrounding the intentional use and application of fire by humans, and demonstrates how, why, when and where prescribed fire is used in different regions. Written by international experts, the book has four key objectives: explore new techniques, ideas and thoughts on how to apply prescribed fire from a global perspective; provide regional case studies covering issues that may constrain or enhance prescribed fire projects; stimulate cross-cultural conversations about how fires function in ecosystems; and relate prescribed fire to wildfire regimes with implications for protecting life and property, as well as sustaining local fire cultures and unique fire-dependent flora and fauna. Global Application of Prescribed Fire enhances our understanding and knowledge about the application of prescribed fire. This comprehensive book will provide fire practitioners, researchers, agencies and policymakers with key ecological and managerial insight of how prescribed fires are conducted around the globe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Forest fires
ISBN : MSU:31293201495524

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Fire Control Notes by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Forest Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Forest fires
ISBN : MINN:31951D00216913W

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Fire Control Notes by United States. Forest Service Pdf

Author : Peter Hart
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199355532

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Fire and Movement by Peter Hart Pdf

The dramatic opening weeks of the Great War passed into legend long before the conflict ended. The British Expeditionary Force fought a mesmerizing campaign, outnumbered and outflanked but courageous and skillful, holding the line against impossible odds, sacrificing themselves to stop the last great German offensive of 1914. A remarkable story of high hopes and crushing disappointment, the campaign contains moments of sheer horror and nerve-shattering excitement; pathos and comic relief; occasional cowardice and much selfless courage--all culminating in the climax of the First Battle of Ypres. And yet, as Peter Hart shows in this gripping and revisionary look at the war's first year, for too long the British part in the 1914 campaigns has been veiled in layers of self-congratulatory myth: a tale of poor unprepared Britain, reliant on the peerless class of her regular soldiers to bolster the rabble of the unreliable French Army and defeat the teeming hordes of German troops. But the reality of those early months is in fact far more complex--and ultimately, Hart argues, far more powerful than the standard triumphalist narrative. Fire and Movement places the British role in 1914 into a proper historical context, incorporating the personal experiences of the men who were present on the front lines. The British regulars were indeed skillful soldiers, but as Hart reveals, they also lacked practice in many of the required disciplines of modern warfare, and the inexperience of officers led to severe mistakes. Hart also provides a more accurate portrait of the German Army they faced--not the caricature of hordes of automatons, but the reality of a well-trained and superlatively equipped force that outfought the BEF in the early battles--and allows readers to come to a full appreciation of the role of the French Army, without whom the Marne never would have been won. Ultimately Fire and Movement shows the story of the 1914 campaigns to be an epic tale, and one which needs no embellishment. Through the voices and recollections of the soldiers who were there, Hart strips away the myth to offer a clear-eyed account of the remarkable early days of the Great War.

Author : Julie Courtwright
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700635139

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Prairie Fire by Julie Courtwright Pdf

Prairie fires have always been a spectacular and dangerous part of the Great Plains. Nineteenth-century settlers sometimes lost their lives to uncontrolled blazes, and today ranchers such as those in the Flint Hills of Kansas manage the grasslands through controlled burning. Even small fires, overlooked by history, changed lives-destroyed someone's property, threatened someone's safety, or simply made someone's breath catch because of their astounding beauty. Julie Courtwright, who was born and raised in the tallgrass prairie of Butler County, Kansas, knows prairie fires well. In this first comprehensive environmental history of her subject, Courtwright vividly recounts how fire-setting it, fighting it, watching it, fearing it-has bound Plains people to each other and to the prairies themselves for centuries. She traces the history of both natural and intentional fires from Native American practices to the current use of controlled burns as an effective land management tool, along the way sharing the personal accounts of people whose lives have been touched by fire. The book ranges from Texas to the Dakotas and from the 1500s to modern times. It tells how Native Americans learned how to replicate the effects of natural lightning fires, thus maintaining the prairie ecosystem. Native peoples fired the prairie to aid in the hunt, and also as a weapon in war. White settlers learned from them that burns renewed the grasslands for grazing; but as more towns developed, settlers began to suppress fires-now viewed as a threat to their property and safety. Fire suppression had as dramatic an environmental impact as fire application. Suppression allowed the growth of water-wasting trees and caused a thick growth of old grass to build up over time, creating a dangerous environment for accidental fires. Courtwright calls on a wide range of sources: diary entries and oral histories from survivors, colorful newspaper accounts, military weather records, and artifacts of popular culture from Gene Autry stories to country song lyrics to Little House on the Prairie. Through this multiplicity of voices, she shows us how prairie fires have always been a significant part of the Great Plains experience-and how each fire that burned across the prairies over hundreds of years is part of someone's life story. By unfolding these personal narratives while looking at the bigger environmental picture, Courtwright blends poetic prose with careful scholarship to fashion a thoughtful paean to prairie fire. It will enlighten environmental and Western historians and renew a sense of wonder in the people of the Plains.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fire prevention
ISBN : UIUC:30112032958941

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Fire Engineering by Anonim Pdf

Author : Forest Fire Research Institute (Canada)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Forest fires
ISBN : MINN:31951D03011516L

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Forest Fire Control Abstracts by Forest Fire Research Institute (Canada) Pdf

Author : United States. Forest Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Forest products
ISBN : OSU:32435023763881

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Forest Resource Report by United States. Forest Service Pdf

Author : Carole L. Perrault
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fire Island (N.Y. : Island)
ISBN : NYPL:33433064298742

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Fire Island Lighthouse and Keeper's Dwelling by Carole L. Perrault Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on the National Bureau of Standards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Fire prevention
ISBN : LOC:00183661267

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Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on the National Bureau of Standards Pdf