The Year Yellowstone Burned
A Twenty-five-year Perspective
Taylor Trade Publishing · Print & ebook · May 1, 2015
The Yellowstone fires of 1988 consumed nearly 800,000 acres—36 percent of the park.
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- Who it’s for
- For readers interested in the 1988 Yellowstone fires and their aftermath
- Themes
- Yellowstone wildfires, Ecological recovery, Ecosystem resilience
- Genres
- Natural Disasters, Western U.S. History, Ecology
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The Yellowstone fires of 1988 consumed nearly 800,000 acres—36 percent of the park. In the years following, spectacular wildflowers rose from the ashes and trees rapidly reclaimed the landscape. In this twenty-five-year look back at the fires, author and photographer Jeff Henry recalls not only the summer of 1988, when he witnessed and photographed nearly every aspect of the fires, but also the years since as nature healed the charred landscape.
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A beautiful book that depicts nature as simultaneously malevolent and beneficent, The Year Yellowstone Burned demonstrates the resilience of one of our continent’s most dynamic ecosystems.
Who it’s for
- For readers interested in the 1988 Yellowstone fires and their aftermath
- For readers curious about how ecosystems recover after wildfires
Where it sits
| Natural Disasters | 58% |
|---|---|
| Ecology | 27% |
| Western U.S. History | 21% |
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Publisher categories
- 20th-Century America
- Natural Disasters
- Wildlife
- Authors
- Jeff Henry
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing
- Published
- May 1, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Yellowstone wildfires · Ecological recovery · Ecosystem resilience
- Reading lane
- 20th-Century America