Fire in the Hills. A History of Rural Fire-Fighting in New Zealand.

Helen Beaglehole. A previously untold history of how careless bush burning by settlers led, in 1921, to legislation that still underpins official policy on wildfire and traces how the Forest Service worked to prevent, contain and extinguish fire. A detailed work on NZ environmental history. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, 2012. ISBN 9781927145357 Softback. 342 pages. AS NEW. Fine condition.