Pyrocene Park: A Journey into the Fire History of Yosemite National Park

You’ve seen Yosemite before, but not like this. In Pyne’s latest book, Muir’s glaciers take the backseat to the flames, and to our heroic but often schizoid efforts to manage their force, from the time of the U.S. cavalry to today’s climate-focused professionals. A bracing and swift story well told by the master of wildfire history." —Ben A. Minteer, author of The Fall of the Wild: Extinction, De-Extinction, and the Ethics of Conservation "With Pyrocene Park, Stephen Pyne fills in an important and missing piece of the puzzle regarding wildfire management in one of America’s premiere national parks. The narrative unfolds in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in the history of the national parks and the fires that burn within them. It was immensely enjoyable to be along with the author and his small band of companions as they journeyed into this storied landscape." —Stephen Fillmore, editor of Fire on the Land: A Retrospective Anthology of Selected Papers from the Archives of the Society of American Foresters