"A description of two "megafires" (in 2006 and 2017) in the Texas panhandle, along with accounts from researchers who study range management, climate, and fire; an exploration of the symbiotic relationship ranchers have with controlled burning"--

The isolated Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle stretched before John Erickson and Bill Ellzey as they began a journey through time and what the locals call "the valley." They went on horseback, as they might have traveled it a century before. Everywhere they went they talked, worked, and swapped stories with the people of the valley, piecing together a picture of what life has been like there for a hundred years. Through Time and the Valley is...