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Author | : Jon Westmark |
Publisher | : Momentum |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Smokejumpers |
ISBN | : 9781503816329 |
Give readers an inside look at the dangerous job of smoke jumpers. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, a selected bibliography, an introduction to the author, and sources for further research.
Author | : Murry A. Taylor |
Publisher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2014-05-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0547541074 |
This “terrifying, grimly funny” memoir about fighting forest fires in Alaska offers “an affectionate portrait of a fraternity of daredevils” (The New Yorker). A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year Fighting fires since 1965, legendary smokejumper Murry A. Taylor finally hung up his chute after the summer of 2000—the worst fire season in more than fifty years. In Jumping Fire, Taylor recounts in thrilling detail one summer of parachuting out of planes to battle blazes in the vast, rugged wilderness of Alaska, with tales of training, digging fire lines, run-ins with bears, and the heroics of fellow jumpers who fell in the line of duty. This unique memoir, filled with humor, fear, tragedy, joy, and countless stories of man versus nature at its most furious, is a “tale of love and loss, life and death, and sheer hard work, set in an unforgiving and unforgettable landscape” (Publishers Weekly). “Filled with adventure, danger and tragedy.” —The New York Times Book Review “A beautifully crafted, wise yet thrilling book.” —Los Angeles Times
Author | : Murry Taylor |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2014-12-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781518644764 |
Return to the summer of '73 and adventure through Alaska as a Smokejumper. In an odyssey of movement and beauty we move back and forth across Alaska, jumping fires from Kodiak Island to the shadows of Denali, and in the winds of Isabel Pass. The smokejumpers themselves are a varied lot - several are ex-Air America bad boys recently back from covert CIA operations in Southeast Asia, and in no mood to take orders from anyone. The rest of the crew is made up of transfers and no-rehires from the jump bases in the Lower 48 where strict, top-down, authoritarian management made it hard, if not impossible, for them to fit in. Being stuck on Fort Wainwright in a dark and dreary hangar, surrounded by chain link fences and gravel lots, and under the eye of the Army Military Police is a recipe for disaster with a healthy serving of rebellion, heroism, pranks and humor thrown in. Adventure with these smokejumpers as they ultimately come together in an outrageous testimony to the joy of living life fully and playfully in one of America's last great true-life adventures.
Author | : Chris L. Demarest |
Publisher | : Margaret K. McElderry Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002-06-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780689841200 |
This is a counting book that introduces the work and daily lives of smokejumpers and wildfire fighters.
Author | : Jim Gigliotti |
Publisher | : Stride |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2022-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781503858183 |
Smoke appears over a remote forest . . . and the smokejumpers leap into action! Ride along with these brave men and women and learn about how they do this dangerous job. Additional features include informative captions and sidebars, a Think-About-It section, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, a table of contents, an index, and an introduction to the author.
Author | : Nora Roberts |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2011-04-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101513780 |
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Nora Roberts delves into the world of elite firefighters who thrive on danger and adrenaline—men and women who wouldn’t know how to live life if it wasn’t on the edge. Little else in life is as dangerous as fire jumping. But there’s also little else as thrilling—at least to Rowan Tripp. Being a Missoula smoke jumper is in Rowan’s blood: her father is a legend in the field. At this point, returning to the wilds of Montana for the season feels like coming home—even with reminders of the partner she lost last season still lingering in the air. One of the best of this year’s rookie crop, Gulliver Curry is a walking contradiction, a hotshot firefighter with a big vocabulary and a winter job at a kids’ arcade. And though Rowan, as a rule, doesn’t hook up with other smoke jumpers, Gull is convinced he can change her mind... But everything is thrown off balance when a dark presence lashes out against Rowan, looking to blame someone for last year’s tragedy. Rowan knows she can’t complicate things with Gull—any distractions in the air or on the ground could be lethal. But if she doesn’t find someone she can lean on when the heat gets intense, her life may go down in flames.
Author | : United States. Forest Service. Fire and Aviation Management |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Smokejumping |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dale A. Johnson |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2008-08-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1435739922 |
Biography of experiences by an American living in Southeast Turkey and Northern Iraq during and after the first Gulf War.
Author | : Anne Marsh |
Publisher | : Kensington Publishing Corp. |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2013-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0758287879 |
It's not every man who will risk his life, leaping into the flames of a wildland inferno. And it's not every woman who will love him. . . He's Feeling The Heat Evan Donovan is a big muscled giant of a man, whose size and strength make him uniquely qualified to be a smoke jumper. No matter how great or how treacherous the challenge, he gets the job done. But when he agrees to look in on a friend's ex-wife after a suspicious brushfire, Evan learns that some jobs are too hot to handle. Especially when it involves a scorchingly sexy woman. . . She's Playing With Fire Faye Duncan is a photographer on a mission, shooting fires for a magazine. But her first encounter with a wildfire isn't nearly as wild as her first night with Evan Donovan. The moment she meets the bigger-than-life hero, the sparks begin to fly. But things really catch fire when Evan learns she may have taken a photo of the arsonist setting the fires. Evan is determined to keep Faye safe. But if he expects her to trust him with her life, he'll have to open up his heart--even if someone gets burned. . . "The Smoke Jumpers series delivers white hot suspense and a drop dead sexy hero!" --New York Times bestselling author Roxanne St. Claire Anne Marsh's novels are: "Smoking hot." --Fiction Vixen "Sexually charged." --Bookaholics "Superb." --Midwest Book Review
Author | : Mike Santangelo |
Publisher | : Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2002-08-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780740728204 |
Collection of fifteen stories of heroism.