Book Reading: In the Range of Fire and Ice

Blending human and natural history into a vivid portrait of one of North America’s most dynamic landscapes, In the Range of Fire and Ice: A Human and Natural History of Washington's Cascades is a lively, groundbreaking exploration of Washington’s Cascade Range.

Drawing on conversations with anthropologists, park rangers, ecologists, and climate scientists, as well as firsthand experience, award-winning author David B. Williams brings readers into the mountains to uncover stories etched in the landscape over millennia.

Through rich storytelling and careful research, Williams invites readers to see the Cascades not only as mountains, but as a living, evolving realm of fire, ice, and hope.

David Williams is an award-winning author whose books include Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound and Too High and Too Steep. He will be in conversation with ecologist Dylan Fischer of Evergreen State College.