1. Settling in -- 2. Working a lookout -- 3. Visitors -- 4. Independence Day -- 5. Eyes in the sky : brief history of fire lookouts -- 6. Some former inhabitants -- 7. Running the river -- 8. Midsummer musings and field notes -- 9. Fire on the mountain, lightning in the air -- 10. Society -- 11. Friends -- 12. Pleasing prospects -- 13. Getting to the source of things -- 14. The Bighorn Crags -- 15. The Eagle Bar Fire -- 16. Hunting, the fundamental diversion -- 17. The habit of walking -- 18. The fires of fall -- 19. Worship -- 20. Last visitors -- 21. Disappearances -- 22. The state of nature
Summary
In Mountains of Memory, seasoned wilderness dweller Don Scheese charts a long season of watching for and fighting fires in Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness & 151the largest federal wilderness area in the mainland United States. An inspiring tale of self-discovery, Mountains of Memory paints a complex portrait of the natural, institutional, and historical forces that have shaped the great forested landscapes of the American West
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220)
