Stephen Pyne

Stephen Pyne is a professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, specializing in environmental history and the history of fire. He is the author of many books on wildfires, including Tending Fire: Coping with America's Wildland Fires, Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire, Between Two Fires: A Fire History of Contemporary AmericaandCalifornia: A Fire Survey. From 1967-1985 he worked as a summer firefighter in the Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone National Parks.