{"product_id":"forged-in-fire-essays-by-idaho-writers-9780806136783","title":"Forged in Fire: Essays by Idaho Writers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFire has always gripped our imaginations. To quote Mary Clearman Blew, \"It warms us, frightens us, and entertains us.\" In \u003ci\u003eForged in Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, Blew and coeditor Phil Druker have assembled twenty gifted writers who explore the element from various perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving as they do in a state that nearly every summer faces the threat and challenges of wildfire, Idaho writers are exceptionally well equipped to recount firsthand experiences. Featuring essays by both established and novice writers and including two prize-winning stories, \u003ci\u003eForged in Fire\u003c\/i\u003e covers topics from escaping forest fires and smoke jumping, to fighting house fires and making campfires. The authors deal with human responses to fire--fear, courage, sadness--and the environmental response of regeneration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Americans grapple increasingly with the proliferation of forest fires and the environmental consequences, this collection has an especially timely resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"These dramatic, self-reflective, and descriptive essays represent new understandings of fire and fire awareness in the American West.\"\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003cb\u003eAndrew Gulliford\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eSacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Clearman Blew\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Her Own Life: ImogeneWelch, Western Rural Schoolteacher.\u003c\/i\u003e She resides in Moscow, Idaho. \u003cb\u003ePhil Druker\u003c\/b\u003e writes for general audiences in natural history, natural-resource management, earth science, and geology. He resides in Moscow, Idaho.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book sponsored by the Idaho Humanities Council\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlew, Mary Clearman:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Clearman Blew\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Idaho, Moscow. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eBone Deep in Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBalsamroot: A Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLambing Out And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Oklahoma Press) and \u003cem\u003eSister Coyote: Montana Stories\u003c\/em\u003e and is coeditor of \u003cem\u003eCircle of Women: An Anthology of Contemporary Western Women's Writing\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDruker, Phil:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhil Druker\u003c\/strong\u003e writes for general audiences in natural history, natural-resource management, earth science, and geology. He resides in Moscow, Idaho.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413117997330,"sku":"9780806136783","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ed41a7b-20ee-4b43-9af6-93dc6aaaf50a.jpg?v=1729347677","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/forged-in-fire-essays-by-idaho-writers-9780806136783","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}