About this title: This memoir of an Alaskan smokejumper's experiences in fire fighting covers three decades and is based on journals that he kept during one summer.
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Edition: First Harvest Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harcourt Trade Publishers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780156013970ISBN:0156013975
Description: Very Good Condition. EAN: 9780156013970. NICE COPY. 459 pp. Small stain to bottom first few pages. Clean, tight and bright with just a first name inked to ffep. Tayor retired after the summer of 2000, the worst fire season ever, after 35 years of parachuting out of planes to battle blazes in the vast, rugged wilderness of the West. "Terrifying, grimly funny. an affectionate portrait of a fraternity of daredevils. "--New Yorker. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Aviation ISBN: 0156013975 ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780156013970ISBN:0156013975
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 2001-06-01
ISBN-13:9780156013970ISBN:0156013975
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"it was pretty interesting to see what these firefighters do through the summers. lots of crazy stories about jumping into forest fires, putting out the fires 24 hours a day, and other near-death experiences. i got tired of the author's perspective...he knows he's too old to be doing this (and has never really had a lasting relationship with anyone), yet he continues to be on call to fight fires each year. maybe it's just me, but he really should get over it."
"Good story telling. Accurate from a firefighter's perspective. Another book to glamorize smokejumpers.Yeah! I did really like it, though. It was not just a bog yeah me, I am so cool book."
"Interesting mostly to get a sense of what it is like to be a forest fire fighter. Each year the news is filled with headlines of hundreds of these folks going to this or that fire. This book puts a bit of the human side of the folks who take great risks to fight these fires."
"Very good read about smokejumping forest fires in Alaska and Idaho in 1991. Narrative of the scenic areas and wildlife were exceptional and descriptions of firefighting tactics and procedures were easy to follow. That was the best part of this book."
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