Description: "The Southwest is part of the multivolume series describing the nation's fire scene region by region. The volumes in To the Last Smoke also cover California, the Northern Rockies, the Great Plains, Florida, and several other critical fire regions"--
Review Quotes: "An elegant and informed treatise on the history and evolving nature of wildfire in our arid and rugged landscape."--Journal of Arizona History
"This is an exceptionally readable work; the analyses of events reflect the interpretation of humans, ecology, and institutions."--Choice "An accessible entry point into the kaleidoscopic set of shifting interests that characterize the relationships of fire to the Southwest."--Southwestern Historical Quarterly