$31.66
Paperback – June 14, 2001
by Murry A. Taylor (Author)
During one incendiary summer, Murry Taylor kept an extensive journal of his day-to-day activities as an Alaskan smokejumper. It wasn’t his first season fighting wildfires, and he’s far from being a rookie—he’s been on the job since 1965. Through this narrative of one busy season, Taylor reflects on the years of training, the harrowing adrenaline-fueled jumps, his brushes with death, the fires he conquered, and the ones that got away. It’s a world full of bravado, one with epic battles of man versus nature, resulting in stories of death-defying defeats, serious injury, and occasionally tragedy. We witness Taylor’s story; learn of the training, preparation, technology, and latest equipment used in fighting wildfires; and get to know his fellow smokejumpers in the ready room, on the tundra, and in the vast forests of one of the last great wilderness areas in the world. Often thrilling and informative and always entertaining, Taylor’s memoir is one of the first autobiographical accounts of a legendary career.
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Hardcover – April 27, 1995
by Michael Thoele (Author)
Hardcover – April 1, 1979
by Robb White (Author)
A ranger tracking a young arsonist finds himself trapped in a raging forest fire along with his prey, causing the rivals to become partners against an even greater foe
Kindle Edition
by Ian Mannix (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
'the biggest cleared area was my vegetable patch ... I ran and lay down and made a little tent over myself. I thought it would preserve the last of the oxygen. Under the blanket I could hear explosions - the gas bottles from the houses further up, and I could just imagine all my neighbours dead up the road. the wind was roaring, the trees cracking: an awful lot of noise ... I thought I wasn't going to survive.' Peter Luke, Gaffneys Creek, Victoria 'the sky got darker again ... I started to think about the next day's newspaper headlines: "Stupid thirty-eight-weeks pregnant woman drives into fire with toddler."' Sonia Stanton, Canberra 'I looked down into where the houses were totally surrounded by a sea of flame and thought, well, that's it, she's all over. Everybody will be killed down there.' John Hyles, Namadgi Ranges GREAt AUStRALIAN BUSHFIRE StORIES is a collection of remarkable tales from all around Australia that tell of our country's fiercest natural phenomenon: the bushfire. Farmers, landowners, firefighters and city dwellers share with ABC journalist Ian Mannix their experiences of fires: preparing for them, fighting them, and the heartbreak task of mopping up when even their best efforts failed. Some stories are funny, some tragic, many courageous, but all are a testimony to the ingenuity and grit of human beings as they fight to save their homes, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.
Hardcover – January 1, 1986
by Richard Martin Stern (Author)
Limns a portrait of a catastrophic forest fire in New Mexico's Samrio National Forest, where a prolonged drought, the homes that fringe the forest, campers, and two escaped convicts are the ingredients for disaster
by Cheyenne Autumn Warner (2008-06-18)
Paperback – January 1, 1643
Paperback – March 1, 2000
by Florence B. Smith (Author)
Uncontained Fire Eighteen year old April O'Brian works for twenty-seven year old Jake Osborn, who is a fire fighter and forest ranger. April is a fire spotter on the mountain Jake owns. She is hopelessly in love with Jake but to her, he seems unaware of her as a woman, but he is in love with her, and believes she is in love with Stanley Akins, the ranger she has dated for a year. After a one night affair with April, Jake is devastated for taking advantage of the vulnerable girl and leaves town to give her time to grow up and to know her mind. April is crushed but tries to keep her life together. After waiting eight months for Jake to return, she gives up and accepts the love offered her by Stanley Akins and agrees to marry him. The day after her marriage, she files for an annulment because of Stanley's lewd behavior and out an out abuse. When she's back working on the mountain, a serious fire breaks out. April is trapped. Stanley recuses her and threatens her if she doesn't come back to him. Jake arrives and saves her from his intimidation, and they return to fighting the fire. Before the fire is contained, Jake and Stanley are among five missing men. When April is certain they are dead, she goes to the charred mountain and contemplates life without Jake. She takes a gun with her, but before she pulls the trigger, she prays....
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