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By Ben Walters,Kelly Andersson,Kari Greer

ISBN-10: 061555248X

ISBN-13: 9780615552484

each year, hundreds of thousands of younger women and men imagine they want a role as a wildland firefighter. and each yr, tens of millions of them do it — they struggle the summer season battles of wildfire at the forests and grasslands of the West. a few die. a few have the days in their lives. and plenty of forge lifelong friendships and gather the stories of an entire life.

This is the 1st publication to vividly and in truth painting what it is particularly like — from the spine-chilling worry of a wildfire entrapment to the straightforward joys of a hot meal and a relaxing soda. From the steep mountainsides of Idaho to the sweltering humidity of Florida, Ben Walters tells the tales of the fires he fought and the chums he made in the course of his years as a wildland firefighter.

FIRE group: tales from the Fireline is the true factor, a must-read for somebody who is performed it or sought after to.

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