Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire Contributor(s): Taylor, Murry a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156013975 ISBN-13: 9780156013970 Publisher: Mariner Books
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2001 Annotation: Written with a keen eye for detail and a talent for storytelling, "Jumping Fire" recounts Taylor's three decades parachuting out of planes and fighting fires in the vast, rugged wilderness of the West, told within the framework of one thrilling season. Includes a new Afterword on the fires of summer 2000. Click for more in this series: Harvest Book |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Nature | Natural Disasters - Nature | Plants - Trees |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2001276482 |
Series: Harvest Book |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.33" W x 7.98" L (1.12 lbs) 480 pages |
Review Citations: New York Review of Books 12/20/2001 pg. 86 |
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Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Taylor, Murry A.: - Murry A. Taylor was a smokejumper on and off for more than thirty years. He was the oldest active smokejumper at the time of his retirement in 2000, and the oldest ever to do the job. He lives in northern California. |
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