| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 369 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Fieldwork encounters and discoveries |
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Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
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| Contents |
Introduction -- pt. 1. History and place -- 1. Country masculinity -- 2. The sanctuary of the forest -- pt. 2. Training and discipline -- 3. A joke between brothers -- 4. Real firefighters drive green engines -- 5. Learning and burning -- 6. Taking the "wild" out of wildfire -- pt. 3. Fire and death -- 7. The Beaver Creek Fire -- 8. The incompetent dead -- Conclusion -- Appendix : Between native and alien -- Glossary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Summary |
Burning to death is a hellish way to die. Yet every year men and women across the country risk their lives for low pay to fight forest fires. Living in remote encampments and isolated from their friends and family, these firefighters stand ready to chase smoke at a moment's notice. And when a fire does break out, they face a chaotic inferno armed with only hand tools, hard hats, and little else. So what motivates them to put their lives on the line and face heat so intense it can melt steel?In this rugged account of a rugged profession, Matthew Desmond explores the heart and soul of the wildla |
| Analysis |
firefighters, wildland, firecrew, arizona, memoir, biography, autobiography, danger, risk, profession, career, heroism, nature, environment, wilderness, wildfire, conservation, ecosystem, nonfiction, masculinity, prevention, fire, risk-taking, hazardous occupations, forest, country, men, gender, training, discipline, burning, death, mortality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-353) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Wildfire fighters -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
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Wildfires -- Prevention and control.
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Hazardous occupations.
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Risk-taking (Psychology)
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Hazardous occupations
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Risk-taking (Psychology)
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Wildfire fighters
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Wildfires -- Prevention and control
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Sapeurs-pompiers -- Amérique du Nord -- Civilisation.
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Forêts -- Incendies -- Lutte contre -- Amérique du Nord -- Histoire.
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West United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226144078 |
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0226144070 |
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1281959553 |
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9781281959553 |
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9786611959555 |
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6611959556 |
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