On the fireline : living and dying with wildland firefighters / Matthew Desmond.

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 f...

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Main Author: Desmond, Matthew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Series:Fieldwork encounters and discoveries.
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