Fire in Paradise: The Yellowstone Fires and the Politics of Environmentalism

by Micah Morrison

A day-by-day account of the fight to control the devastating fires in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1988, and the controversial environmental and political issues that surrounded the effort. The book looks at the arguments for both sides of the issue.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060163038
• ISBN13: 9780060163037
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Twenty years on, a sequel is needed

Well-written account of the Yellowstone experience, but it could have been expanded to include actions of Non-Government Organizations (Sierra Club, etal) at the time on the same blow-by-blow basis. A single short comment at the end of the book suggests they sat it out, en masse. One nit to pick: an acre is an area, a width a linear measurement--fires do not get "acres wide". The book was written a couple of years after the fire. Now, 20 years later, Mr Morrison could do a public service with a sequel that explores what actions have been taken at any level to better manage a repeat performance. I'd buy it.