Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vi
3. Introduction 1
4. Nature’s Duplicitous Embrace
5. To Colorado, and Her Fickle Nature 4
6. All Night Vigil . . . Waiting for Fire 5
7. Fourteens from Thirty 7
8. Los Alamos Fire 8
9. The First Act 9
10. Home 10
11. Canyon 11
12. The Desert Night 12
13. Anasazi 14
14. Tracking 23
15. Yucca! Yucca! Yucca! 28
16. Pioneer 29
17. Altar 30
18. The Storm of Civi lization
19. The Beast of the Plains 32
20. Condor #122 33
21. Sudden Storm 34
22. Long Drive at Night through the Saguaro Forest 36
23. Cold and Clear 37
24. Driving to Albuquerque 38
25. 1850 40
26. environment 41
27. Plowshares 42
28. Thirst and Water (excerpt) 52
29. Growth and Resurgence
30. The Burn, Four Years After 62
31. The Luckiest Boy in the World 66
32. Truant 80
33. Fear of Electricity 81
34. Blackouts on the Ranch 83
35. Hoarding the Rain 84
36. Time Out of Mind 85
37. Bequest 95
38. Bum Lambs 96
39. Lost in the Wasatch 101
40. Dignity’s Dirty Little Secret 102
41. In the Language of Dark 104
42. Marathon Fire 105
43. Octet in Praise of Colorado’s Viscera 110
44. Contributor Notes
45. Contributor Notes 114
46. About the Staff 120