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Stephen J. Pyne

Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia Hardcover – January 1, 1991

by Stephen J. Pyne (Author)

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Part of: Weyerhaueser Cycle of Fire (7 books)

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Interprets Australian history from the perspective of fire and its destructive force, describing the interaction between fire, the Australian environment, and the country's human inhabitants

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520 pages
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English
Publisher

Henry Holt & Co
Publication date

January 1, 1991
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6.5 x 1.5 x 9.75 inches
ISBN-10

0805014721
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978-0805014723
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This history by a noted environmental historian and author of The Ice ( LJ 11/15/86) acknowledges the importance of fire to Australia both biologically and culturally. It interprets major fires, the use of fire by the aborigines and European settlers, changing attitudes toward fire control and prevention, and conflict over government policies like the "Australian strategy" of aerial ignition. While the book is arranged chronologically into four major parts, the narrative within sections is topical and episodic. The material is thought-provoking but the treatment is a bit prolix. The work most similar to this book is Pyne's Fire in America ( LJ 9/15/82), which also aims to integrate fire history into the nation's general history.
- Janice Dunham, John Jay Coll. Lib., CUNY
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Henry Holt & Co; 1st edition (January 1, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 520 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0805014721
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805014723
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.5 x 9.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,892,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,266 in Forests & Forestry (Books)
- #2,747 in Trees in Biological Sciences
- #3,089 in Australia & New Zealand History

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When I was 18, I joined the North Rim Longshots, and began to lead two lives - one in a university, the other on a fire crew at Grand Canyon. My Longshot life inspired a string of books about fire, culminating in The Pyrocene. My university life led to books about exploration, Grove Karl Gilbert, Antarctica, the Canyon, and the Voyager mission, culminating in The Great Ages of Discovery.

I retired from teaching when I realized my oldest grandchild was the age of ASU's youngest students. Now I'm a writer and urban farmer (sheep, chickens, citrus).

If you want to learn more, check out my author’s page at www.stephenpyne.com, then click on Bio, where I include invited talks about my writing and career. Another link explains how I developed my concept of the Pyrocene. And the Farm at the End of the Road? Try aztunis.com.

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anonymous

A lot more than fire history

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2017

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Bought it for the fire history, but there is other stuff, more than I bargained for. Oh well, how many other places can you find info on a subject like this?

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Len Currie

Seared into the Australian Consciousness

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2013

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For anyone interested in the impact of the bushfire among Australian cultural motifs, this is essential reading, because of the way copious examples from art, literature etc illustrate the development of awareness of, and reactions to, fire in the Australian landscape.

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2016

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Severin Olson

THIS BOOK IS TOO LONG!

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2001

Everything about Australia's fire history from its geologic origins to the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires can be found in this book. Perhaps a little too much. We learn about everything from the Flora and Fauna of the continent, to aboriginal fire practices, to modern fire fighting techniques. If one wishes to know about all of this, then the Burning Bush is an indespensible source. For those with more narrow interests, be weary. I bought the book to learn about the major fires that have devastated the country periodically. The accounts are there, but the first one appeared 220 pages into the book! All of the accounts combined cover only around twenty pages. Readers with similar interests will find the book to be a 400 page yawn. Pyne would have been better served to narrow his focus a bit. It's all there, but more than most other books the reader will want to refer to the index rather than slog through each page.

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