Oregon Wildland Firefighting: A History, Paperback - Sean Davis

Reducere. DescriptionOver the past century, some of the world's largest wildland fires have occurred in Oregon. Accidentally set by a disgruntled cook on an ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Evan OsnosNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 199 x 36Cover type: Paperback ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen vice and scandal are all fun and games. Portland, Oregon began as a town of itinerant young men who had no shortage of diversions a...

Army Firefighting details the history of this low-density military occupational specialty which represents a small section of the Corps of Engineer...

DescriptionOn the night before Christmas, Santa mounted his sleigh.The presents were packed;Time to be underway The night air was chilly, the hour ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe history of winemaking in Oregon is steeped in legends so well known they've become gospel, but reality is even more fascinating. Dis...

DescriptionThe origin of brewing in southern Oregon is a lively tale of mid-nineteenth-century gold rushes, brawling German immigrants, irrepressib...

Reducere. Co-published by The Vermont Fish & Widlife Department, The Nature Conservancy, and Vermont Land Trust--a revised and updated 2nd edition This book ...

Reducere. Few American cities can claim a firefighting history as rich as that of New Jersey's capital. Trenton's first volunteer fire company was organized ...

'Out on the Western edge of Europe, a first glance at the map makes Ireland seem a small and isolated place. However, many peoples have by turns es...

Reducere. From the burning of Washington by the British in 1814 to the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon, firefighters in Washington, D.C., have alwa...

Reducere. Soon after the first buildings were completed, a fire department was established in Forsyth County in 1772. The Town of Salem purchased the first f...

Reducere. Heroes and Rascals ... Shipwrecks and Lost Gold ...Since 2008 the Offbeat Oregon History syndicated newspaper column has entertained and informed O...

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Reducere. The history of winemaking in Oregon is steeped in legends so well known they've become gospel, but reality is even more fascinating. Discover the t...

Reducere. From the beginning, even before the wagon trains, African Americans have played an essential part in building Oregon. In Marion and Polk counties, ...

DescriptionThe only survivor of a brutal battle, driven by a desperate need to see his family again... Rome, 107 BC. Quintus Sertorius fought while...

From an award-winning scholar comes this definitive, single-volume history that illuminates the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolut...

Reducere. DescriptionAs Portland has grown and changed, so has its architectural landscape. Once prominent landmarks have disappeared--the Marquam Building c...

Reducere. Famous for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland has a deep history that goes far beyond the stage. From a 160-year-old unsolved murder to a new...

Reducere. With more breweries per capita than any other Oregon city, Bend is a beer mecca. Prior to Prohibition, the state had a burgeoning brewing industry ...

Giving an introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this work introduces a number of import...

Reducere. In this engaging narrative, author JD Chandler crafts a people's history of Portland, Oregon, sharing the lesser-known stories of individuals who s...

Reducere. Central Oregon was the last frontier of the American West. Mountains, deserts, and deep river gorges kept it isolated well into the twentieth centu...

Reducere. On April 28, 1846, Francis Parkman left Saint Louis on his first expedition west. The Oregon Trail documents his adventures in the wilderness, shed...

DescriptionSeen through the eyes of the patients who lived there, Inside Oregon State Hospital" examines the world of the Northwest's oldest mental...

This is the inspiring story of a Highland estate, which was rescued from the catastrophic effects of decades of human interference, and is now one ...

Reducere. Spanning from the early 1900s through the 1960's, this nostalgic ride through Northern California and Oregon is one of the most highly visual histo...

Reducere. DescriptionOf all the discussions about working horses, the fire department horse always brings up stories of heroic horses and the love the fireme...

A new history of Nottingham that traces the growth of the city from the days of Robin Hood to its rise as one of the great Victorian cities.

Beelzebub is one of the most popular of all "demons" in the Western Occult tradition. He, like many of his infernal colleagues, has roots in the an...

Reducere. Gardeners who are intrigued by the possibilities of native plants will find this treatment of seed collection and germination--from native annuals ...

Reducere. DescriptionHistorian and constitutional scholar Albert Taylor Bledsoe considers whether the secession of the Confederate states was legal under con...

Reducere. Tampa's Davis Islands has long been among the most desirable places to live on Florida's west coast. Created by David P. Davis during the 1920s Flo...

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The autobiography of the first and only person to head firefighting across the whole of Great BritainPublisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Ayl...

Reducere. DescriptionRome, 105 B.C. One of the only survivors of Rome's most crushing military defeat, Quintus Sertorius is thrust back into the fray against...

Reducere. The first lookouts were rustic camps on mountaintops, where men and women were stationed to keep an eye out for wildfires. As the importance of fir...