On the fireline : living and dying with wildland firefighters /

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Desmond, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Colección:Fieldwork encounters and discoveries.
Temas:
Wildfire fighters > West (U.S.) > Biography.
Wildfires > Prevention and control.
Hazardous occupations.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Feux de friches > Prévention et maîtrise.
Professions dangereuses.
Prise de risque.
Hazardous occupations
Wildfire fighters
Wildfires > Prevention and control
Sapeurs-pompiers > Amérique du Nord > Civilisation.
Forêts > Incendies > Lutte contre > Amérique du Nord > Histoire.
West United States
firefighters, wildland, firecrew, arizona, memoir, biography, autobiography, danger, risk, profession, career, heroism, nature, environment, wilderness, wildfire, conservation, ecosystem, nonfiction, masculinity, prevention, fire, risk-taking, hazardous occupations, forest, country, men, gender, training, discipline, burning, death, mortality.
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
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