| Forged in Fire: Essays by Idaho Writers Contributor(s): Blew, Mary Clearman (Author), Druker, Phil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806136782 ISBN-13: 9780806136783 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: Experiences of fire in different situations and environments--from the drama of a forest fire to the comfort of a wood-burning stove. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General - Nature | Natural Disasters |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004063796 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.04" W x 8.98" (0.81 lbs) 274 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Idaho |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fire has always gripped our imaginations. To quote Mary Clearman Blew, "It warms us, frightens us, and entertains us." In Forged in Fire, Blew and coeditor Phil Druker have assembled twenty gifted writers who explore the element from various perspectives. Living as they do in a state that nearly every summer faces the threat and challenges of wildfire, Idaho writers are exceptionally well equipped to recount firsthand experiences. Featuring essays by both established and novice writers and including two prize-winning stories, Forged in Fire covers topics from escaping forest fires and smoke jumping, to fighting house fires and making campfires. The authors deal with human responses to fire--fear, courage, sadness--and the environmental response of regeneration. As Americans grapple increasingly with the proliferation of forest fires and the environmental consequences, this collection has an especially timely resonance. "These dramatic, self-reflective, and descriptive essays represent new understandings of fire and fire awareness in the American West."--Andrew Gulliford, author of Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions Mary Clearman Blew is the author of Writing Her Own Life: ImogeneWelch, Western Rural Schoolteacher. She resides in Moscow, Idaho. Phil Druker writes for general audiences in natural history, natural-resource management, earth science, and geology. He resides in Moscow, Idaho. This book sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council |
Contributor Bio(s): Blew, Mary Clearman: - Mary Clearman Blew is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Idaho, Moscow. She is the author of Bone Deep in Landscape, Balsamroot: A Memoir, Lambing Out And Other Stories (University of Oklahoma Press) and Sister Coyote: Montana Stories and is coeditor of Circle of Women: An Anthology of Contemporary Western Women's Writing. Druker, Phil: -Phil Druker writes for general audiences in natural history, natural-resource management, earth science, and geology. He resides in Moscow, Idaho. |