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A continent on fire [Book review] Burning bush: a fire history of Australia, by S.J. Pyne

Jon E. Keeley
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Review of: Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia, by Stephen J. Pyne. Henry Holt and Company, $27.95; 497 pp.. illus.

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Jon E. Keeley. 1991. A continent on fire [Book review] Burning bush: a fire history of Australia, by S.J. Pyne. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/96807

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