Author: Louise Spilsbury
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1499430728
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
If a spark catches a tree branch when no one is around, do the burning leaves still make a crackling sound? In this illuminating volume, readers will learn about science and safety as they discover the ten deadliest wildfires of the past few centuries and their origins. Photographs of heroic firefighters, ferocious flames, and disastrous aftermaths will captivate even reluctant readers, while thought-provoking questions about global warming’s relationship to wildfires will inspire readers to engage in thinking critically about what they’ve learned.
Top 10 Worst Wildfires
Author: Louise Spilsbury
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1499430728
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
If a spark catches a tree branch when no one is around, do the burning leaves still make a crackling sound? In this illuminating volume, readers will learn about science and safety as they discover the ten deadliest wildfires of the past few centuries and their origins. Photographs of heroic firefighters, ferocious flames, and disastrous aftermaths will captivate even reluctant readers, while thought-provoking questions about global warming’s relationship to wildfires will inspire readers to engage in thinking critically about what they’ve learned.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1499430728
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
If a spark catches a tree branch when no one is around, do the burning leaves still make a crackling sound? In this illuminating volume, readers will learn about science and safety as they discover the ten deadliest wildfires of the past few centuries and their origins. Photographs of heroic firefighters, ferocious flames, and disastrous aftermaths will captivate even reluctant readers, while thought-provoking questions about global warming’s relationship to wildfires will inspire readers to engage in thinking critically about what they’ve learned.
The Top 10 Worst Wildfires in American History
Author: Larry Slawson
Publisher: Larry Slawson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This eBook examines and ranks the 10 worst wildfires in American history. It provides a brief overview of each fire, followed by a discussion of their overall impact.
Publisher: Larry Slawson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This eBook examines and ranks the 10 worst wildfires in American history. It provides a brief overview of each fire, followed by a discussion of their overall impact.
Top 10 Worst Wildfires
Author: Louise Spilsbury
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1499430698
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
If a spark catches a tree branch when no one is around, do the burning leaves still make a crackling sound? In this illuminating volume, readers will learn about science and safety as they discover the ten deadliest wildfires of the past few centuries and their origins. Photographs of heroic firefighters, ferocious flames, and disastrous aftermaths will captivate even reluctant readers, while thought-provoking questions about global warming’s relationship to wildfires will inspire readers to engage in thinking critically about what they’ve learned.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1499430698
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
If a spark catches a tree branch when no one is around, do the burning leaves still make a crackling sound? In this illuminating volume, readers will learn about science and safety as they discover the ten deadliest wildfires of the past few centuries and their origins. Photographs of heroic firefighters, ferocious flames, and disastrous aftermaths will captivate even reluctant readers, while thought-provoking questions about global warming’s relationship to wildfires will inspire readers to engage in thinking critically about what they’ve learned.
The Worst Wildfires of All Time
Author: Suzanne Garbe
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429684186
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
"Describes the worst wildfires in history, as well as causes, types, and disaster tips"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429684186
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
"Describes the worst wildfires in history, as well as causes, types, and disaster tips"--Provided by publisher.
Wildfires
Author: Louise Spilsbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural disasters
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Natural disasters devastate communities. They reshape the landscape and can alter people's ways of life in an area for years after the event. Learn all about the 10 worst wildfires in this book from the Peshtigo Fire in the USA in 1871 to the wildfires in Indonesia of 2015. This series explores the world's top ten worst recorded disasters, explaining how and why they happen and where in the world they have taken place. The series also invites the reader to examine what they have learnt about natural disasters and to apply that knowledge by answering critical thinking questions at the end of each book. Perfect for readers aged 9 and up.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural disasters
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Natural disasters devastate communities. They reshape the landscape and can alter people's ways of life in an area for years after the event. Learn all about the 10 worst wildfires in this book from the Peshtigo Fire in the USA in 1871 to the wildfires in Indonesia of 2015. This series explores the world's top ten worst recorded disasters, explaining how and why they happen and where in the world they have taken place. The series also invites the reader to examine what they have learnt about natural disasters and to apply that knowledge by answering critical thinking questions at the end of each book. Perfect for readers aged 9 and up.
The World's Worst Wildfires
Author: Tracy Nelson Maurer
Publisher: World's Worst Natural Disasters
ISBN: 1474771246
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Wind blows dry, tall grass. A storm brews. Lightning strikes the ground, and soon, flames spread across the grassland. It's a wildfire!
Publisher: World's Worst Natural Disasters
ISBN: 1474771246
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Wind blows dry, tall grass. A storm brews. Lightning strikes the ground, and soon, flames spread across the grassland. It's a wildfire!
Wildfire Statistics
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildfires
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildfires
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Wildfire
Author: Taylor Morrison
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618509003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Takes a comprehensive look at forest fires, their causes and the methods used to control them.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618509003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Takes a comprehensive look at forest fires, their causes and the methods used to control them.
The Big Burn
Author: Timothy Egan
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547416865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
National Book Award–winner Timothy Egan turns his historian's eye to the largest-ever forest fire in America and offers an epic, cautionary tale for our time. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged, destroying towns and timber in the blink of an eye. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men to fight the fires, but no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan recreates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire with unstoppable dramatic force, and the larger story of outsized president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot, that follows is equally resonant. Pioneering the notion of conservation, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of public land as our national treasure, owned by every citizen. Even as TR's national forests were smoldering they were saved: The heroism shown by his rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service in ways we can still witness today. This e-book includes a sample chapter of SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547416865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
National Book Award–winner Timothy Egan turns his historian's eye to the largest-ever forest fire in America and offers an epic, cautionary tale for our time. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged, destroying towns and timber in the blink of an eye. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men to fight the fires, but no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan recreates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire with unstoppable dramatic force, and the larger story of outsized president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester, Gifford Pinchot, that follows is equally resonant. Pioneering the notion of conservation, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of public land as our national treasure, owned by every citizen. Even as TR's national forests were smoldering they were saved: The heroism shown by his rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service in ways we can still witness today. This e-book includes a sample chapter of SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER.
Wildfire Loose
Author: Joyce Butler
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608932702
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Wildfire Loose describes how the fires started and spread so quickly through rural villages, down Millionaire’s Row in Bar Harbor, and across southern Maine beach resorts. Originally published in 1979, it remains the definitive account of “The Week Maine Burned.”
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608932702
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Wildfire Loose describes how the fires started and spread so quickly through rural villages, down Millionaire’s Row in Bar Harbor, and across southern Maine beach resorts. Originally published in 1979, it remains the definitive account of “The Week Maine Burned.”