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FIRELINES

“...Hurrying, always hurrying at the very edge of safety, to sweat for an unknown number of hours in heat that drains human energy like a wet sponge on asphalt is sapped of its moisture when left exposed in summer’s boiling sun...battling fatigue, exhaustion, hunger, thirst, you are always fighting the sheer hardness of it all...” Experience wildlands fire fighting in northern California in the mid-1970’s, at the ground level, meeting the men and women who work to control one of Nature’s most awe inspiring phenomena, wildfire. This memoir of that period will captivate with its honest and detail description of the day-to-day efforts of a proud and dedicated group of unsung heroes. Feel the heat of the flames, breath the smoke, experience the pain, the effort, the struggle and the determination. Once started, the reading of Firelines, A Memoir of Wildlands Fire Fighting will be difficult to stop and its story impossible to forget.