Dear Quillens,
In regard to the October '02 fluid editorial, two other excellent books on the subject are: Savage Dreams, a journey into the landscape wars of the American West, by Rebecca Solnit, and Lasso the Wind -- a way to the new West -- by Timothy Egan. Also, more generally, a song by Eric Bogle, Bushfire: "arrogant man, he squats upon the land, he buys and he sells, and he zones it ... and imagines that he owns it ... bushfire."
Kate Donithorne
Las Cruces, N.M.