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When forests burn : (Record no. 64878)

MARC details
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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field on1425897554
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field OCoLC
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20240716140726.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 240311s2023 nyuab c b 001 0 eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780593121733
Qualifying information (trade hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 0593121732
Qualifying information (trade hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 9780593121740
Qualifying information (library binding)
International Standard Book Number 0593121740
Qualifying information (library binding)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)on1425897554
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency IEP
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
Transcribing agency IEP
Modifying agency IEP
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-- IOU
-- CPP
-- IMF
-- OCLCO
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043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code n-us---
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 634.9/618/0973
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Marrin, Albert,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title When forests burn :
Remainder of title the story of wildfires in America /
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Alfred A. Knopf,
Date of publication, distribution, etc [2023]
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 240 pages :
Other physical details illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions 21 x 25 cm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-225) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Ice, fire, and forest. Ice ; Fire ; Out of Beringia ; Forests ; Wildfire -- Once upon a time in America. When different worlds met ; The legions of death ; Experiencing the great forest ; Beliefs ; Making land ; The woods aflame -- Harvesting the Northwoods. A wooden nation ; Timber barons ; Lumberjacks -- Peshtigo: The night hell yawned. Fires remembered and forgotten ; A speck in the Northwoods ; The fires of autumn ; Firestorm ; Reckonings -- The Hinckley Horror of 1894. Dark legacy ; The Great Minnesota Fire -- America's war on wildlife. War on wildlife: bison ; The end of the passenger pigeon -- Changing minds. George Perkins Marsh ; John Muir ; Gifford and Theodore -- The worst forest fire ever: The big blowup of 1910. The forest ranger ; Battling wildfire ; Fire, fire, everywhere ; Aftershocks -- Bigger, hotter, faster. Fighting wildfire today ; Climate change ; The Golden State burning ; Fires of 2020 ; Hard choices.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in American history--how they began and . . . stories of both rescue and tragedy . . . teaches us about the past--and shows a better way forward in the future"--Publisher.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Forest fires
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision History
Form subdivision Juvenile literature.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Forest fires
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Prevention and control
-- History
Form subdivision Juvenile literature.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Forest fires
General subdivision History.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Fire prevention.
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters.
Source of term bisacsh
9 (RLIN) 140147
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type JNF
Holdings
Lost status Collection code Current library Shelving location Full call number Barcode Number Koha item type
  Juvenile Nonfiction Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile J 634.9 MAR 34480000601132 JNF