"When Manjula Martin moved from the city to the woods of Northern California, she wanted to be closer to the wilderness that she had loved as a child. ... But the landscape that Martin treasured was an ecosystem already in crisis. Wildfires fueled by climate change were growing bigger and more frequent. ... In 2020, when a dry lightning storm ignited hundreds of simultaneous wildfires across the West and kicked off the worst fire season on record, Martin ... evacuated her home in the midst of a pandemic. Both a love letter to the forests of the West and an interrogation of the colonialist practices that led to their current dilemma, [this book] follows her ... as she seeks shelter, bears witness to the devastation, and tries to better understand fire's role in the ecology of the West"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
August
1. Storm 3
Go bag—Bay leaves—A brief pyronatural history of California—Turtle Island—On pruning
2. Sea 38
Over the hill—The land—Aftershocks—The sea—Dawn patrol
3. Glacier 67
Love letters—A garden—What the tule knows—Pit stop—Where water comes from
4. Steam 97
The recreators—Hangtown—Fuel
September
5. Hawk 115
A season—Beauty and sweetness—The river
6. Sky 135
What smoke is—The day without a sky—Visions
7. Smoke 154
Outside things—Inside things—Bread—Days of Awe
October
8. Devils 181
Wine Country—The people who stay—Devils—Flare-ups—Fire flowers
9. Gods 226
Foxes—Red flag—Surf lessons—What the forest knows
10. Veils 249
After wind—Veils—Helicopter—Portal— The recumbent
November
11. Owl 275
Watchers—Hashtag strong—Dozer lines
12. Oak 290
Good fire—A brief pyronatural history of women—Rain
13. Dirt 306
Stewardship—Black gold
Acknowledgments 323
Source Notes 325
