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Download or read book Jumping Fire written by Murry A. Taylor and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “terrifying, grimly funny” memoir about fighting forest fires in Alaska offers “an affectionate portrait of a fraternity of daredevils” (The New Yorker). A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year Fighting fires since 1965, legendary smokejumper Murry A. Taylor finally hung up his chute after the summer of 2000—the worst fire season in more than fifty years. In Jumping Fire, Taylor recounts in thrilling detail one summer of parachuting out of planes to battle blazes in the vast, rugged wilderness of Alaska, with tales of training, digging fire lines, run-ins with bears, and the heroics of fellow jumpers who fell in the line of duty. This unique memoir, filled with humor, fear, tragedy, joy, and countless stories of man versus nature at its most furious, is a “tale of love and loss, life and death, and sheer hard work, set in an unforgiving and unforgettable landscape” (Publishers Weekly). “Filled with adventure, danger and tragedy.” —The New York Times Book Review “A beautifully crafted, wise yet thrilling book.” —Los Angeles Times
Download or read book Smokejumpers written by Jim Gigliotti and published by Stride. This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smoke appears over a remote forest . . . and the smokejumpers leap into action! Ride along with these brave men and women and learn about how they do this dangerous job. Additional features include informative captions and sidebars, a Think-About-It section, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, a table of contents, an index, and an introduction to the author.
Book Synopsis Smokejumper: And Other Stories by : Swede Troedsson
Download or read book Smokejumper: And Other Stories written by Swede Troedsson and published by Sweetgrass Books. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swede's adventures include a summer on a fire lookout, deployment as a Marine to Korea, smoke jumping, fire suppression, timber forester, aviation management, hunting, assisting Montana Game Wardens, ski patrol, an ambulance EMT, and back country rescue. During the course of his employment as a Forester with the Northern Pacific Railway and with the U.S. Forest Service, he broke a leg smoke jumping, fell through the ice on the Swan River, dodged falling trees during a wind shear event, almost got burned up twice, and lost a pickup truck in a fire entrapment.
Book Synopsis Smokejumpers One to Ten by : Chris L. Demarest
Download or read book Smokejumpers One to Ten written by Chris L. Demarest and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a counting book that introduces the work and daily lives of smokejumpers and wildfire fighters.
Book Synopsis The Smoke Jumper by : Nicholas Evans
Download or read book The Smoke Jumper written by Nicholas Evans and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fire that was to change so many lives started with a single shaft of lightning that struck a mountain ridge on a still and moonless night. The woman who camped nearby with her group of troubled teenagers slept on and heard nothing. Until the deadly inferno engulfed the mountain, and into the flames leaped The Smoke Jumper. His name is Connor Ford and he braves he the flames to save the woman he loves but cannot have, for Julia Bishop is the partner of his closest friend, Ed Tully. Julia loves them both but the tragedy on Snake Mountain forces her to choose between them and burns a brand on all their hearts. In the wake of the fire, Connor travels to the world's worst wars and disasters to take photographs that find him fame but not happiness. Reckless of a life he no longer wants, he dares death to take him, until another fateful day on another continent, when he must walk through fire again ...
Download or read book Smokejumpers written by Meish Goldish and published by Fire Fight! the Bravest. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a July afternoon in 2012, a bolt of lightning struck a tree in Montana's Lolo National Forest. The tree burst into flames and the fire quickly spread, sending clouds of smoke into the sky. Soon, a small plane appeared overhead. Several smokejumpers dropped out of the plane and parachuted to the ground near the blaze, ready to fight the wildfire. Look inside to find out more about these courageous firefighters and how they use their quick thinking and expert skills to battle wildfires. You'll also go behind the scenes to learn how smokejumpers train for their jobs so that they are ready to spring into action at a moment's notice. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis Young Men and Fire by : Norman MacLean
Download or read book Young Men and Fire written by Norman MacLean and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: “The terrifying story of the worst disaster in the history of the US Forest Service’s elite Smokejumpers.” —Kirkus Reviews A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, Young Men and Fire describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service’s elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy in this extraordinary book. Alongside Maclean’s now-canonical A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Young Men and Fire is recognized today as a classic of the American West. This edition of Maclean’s later triumph—the last book he would write—includes a powerful new foreword by Timothy Egan, author of The Big Burn and The Worst Hard Time. As moving and profound as when it was first published, Young Men and Fire honors the literary legacy of a man who gave voice to an essential corner of the American soul. “A moving account of humanity, nature, and the perseverance of the human spirit.” —Library Journal “Haunting.” —The Wall Street Journal “Engrossing.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Smokejumpers written by Elaine Landau and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the dangerous job of a smokejumper, including schooling, training, safety, and equipment.
Download or read book Mountains of Grace written by Kelly Irvin and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When wildfires threaten her Montana home, Mercy Yoder finds herself torn between the Amish man who proposed without a declaration of love and the Englisch smoke jumper who can’t seem to stay away. Mercy Yoder loves her students and her life in the tiny village of West Kootenai, nestled at the foot of Montana’s most northern mountains. And she is in no rush to get married . . . much to the disappointment of her parents. In fact, she has turned down the one marriage proposal she’s received. Her beau, Caleb, has yet to tell her he loves her, stoking her fears that they simply aren’t right for each other. When a devastating wildfire threatens to destroy her beloved community, Mercy and her family evacuate to the nearby town of Eureka. There she meets Spencer McDonald, an Englisch fireman. Her conversations with him are unlike any she’s ever had with a man. She finds his directness and ability to express his feelings refreshing and completely different from Caleb, who is tightlipped about his past. But what would her family and community say if Mercy chose a relationship with an Englischer? Is Mercy willing to give up all she has known and loved for someone who finally understands her? Or can Mercy find the love she has always longed for closer to home? Sweet, inspirational Amish romance Part of the Amish of Big Sky Country Series Book 1: Mountains of Grace Book 2: A Long Bridge Home Book 3: Peace in the Valley Includes discussion questions for book clubs
Book Synopsis Smokejumpers of the Civilian Public Service in World War II by : Robert C. Cottrell
Download or read book Smokejumpers of the Civilian Public Service in World War II written by Robert C. Cottrell and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-24 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Civilian Public Service smokejumpers, who battled against dangerous winds, searing heat, and devastating fires from 1943 until 1945. Fewer than 300 World War II conscientious objectors served their country in this fashion, operating out of CPS bases in Montana, Idaho, and Oregon. But that small band of men helped to keep alive Forest Service operations in the Pacific Northwest and thus sustained a program to fight potentially crippling fires. When the war ended, CPS smokejumpers, like millions of World War II combat soldiers, were "ushered out" of wartime service. Some, like many returning GIs, encountered difficulties in adjusting to civilian life. Nevertheless, the one-time smokejumpers often went on to make other remarkable contributions to their communities, their nation, and the world.
Download or read book Burning Up written by Anne Marsh and published by Anne Marsh. This book was released on with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A standalone small town suspense romance from New York Times bestselling author Anne Marsh about love, survival, and finding that one special place and person where you belong. Smoke jumper Jack Donovan has lived for the thrill of flying over the burning California hills, the intensity of diving into the inferno, the glory of taming the forces of nature. He’s steadfast. Protective. One-hundred-percent loyal. Especially when it comes to Lily Cortez, the one woman he can never have. He left their small California mountain town of Strong when he couldn’t resist her or their incendiary physical connection any longer. But when a serial arsonist strikes in Strong, Jack will make it his mission to find out who is threatening the people he loves. Even if it means getting close to Lily. Even if it means falling for her in every way. Even if it means uncovering the secrets she’s keeping. The free-spirited lavender farmer doesn’t need a firefighting white knight. Especially since the mountain-man-sized solution that knocks on the front door of her farmhouse is the man who broke her teenage heart. Allowing a smoke jumper to crash land in the life she’s fought so hard to start over, will only lead to more hurt. Especially since a stalker from her past will put them both in danger, costing them so much more than a second chance at love. Author’s Note: Opposites attract. Second chance at love. Girl in danger. Lots of firefighting puns. Small-town hijinks. A pining, chivalrous, overprotective hero who has no filter when it comes to how he’d like to be with our lavender-farming heroine. A free-spirited, wild-child, I-can-do-it-myself heroine who is certain that a lavender farm is the best dream a girl could have—until a white-knighting smoke jumper knocks on her front door. Steam level: Hotter than a geothermal geyser in Iceland. Suspense level: Also incendiary.
Download or read book Smoke Jumper written by R. A. Montgomery and published by Skylark. This book was released on 1991 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you fight a forest fire without getting trapped in the flames? Depending on your choices, you could be caught in the path of the fire, unable to escape, or you could thwart the plans of a band of environmental terrorists and become a hero.
Book Synopsis Smokejumpers and the CIA by : Stanley Collins
Download or read book Smokejumpers and the CIA written by Stanley Collins and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smokejumpers worked for the CIA (Agency) over a 25-plus year period. Beginning in the spring of 1951, the CIA sent two agents to the Smokejumper base at Nine Mile, Montana, to be trained to parachute into mountainous and isolated terrain. The agents apparently reported back that there was a cadre of men already trained and willing to take on whatever the Agency wanted done. Ten Smokejumpers were recruited and went to work for the Agency that year. Seven of those Smokejumpers went to Taiwan where they trained National Chinese paratroopers and were involved in cargo drops deep into the mainland. In later years, jumpers moved on to Tibet to drop men and equipment to local forces fighting against Chinese occupation. Besides operations in Guatemala and the Bay of Pigs, Smokejumpers also took part in the Congo, India, and the 15-year "Secret War" in Laos. The CIA had realized in Smokejumpers men who were problem solvers and could get the job done under the most difficult circumstances.
Book Synopsis Corporate Smokejumper by : Gil Meyer
Download or read book Corporate Smokejumper written by Gil Meyer and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The front lines of corporate crisis management are hot and sweaty. The lessons learned are hard won and not for the faint of heart. This book will give you the inside perspective of a veteran practitioner who developed creative ways for addressing the gut-wrenching challenges that come with leading the response to high-stakes crises.
Download or read book Slow Burn written by Anne Marsh and published by Anne Marsh. This book was released on with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A standalone small town suspense romance from New York Times bestselling author Anne Marsh about starting over and a second chance at finding that one special place and person where you belong. Evan Donovan is a big muscled giant of a man, whose size and strength make him uniquely qualified to be a smoke jumper. No matter how great or how treacherous the challenge, he gets the job done. But when he agrees to look in on a friend's ex-wife after a suspicious brushfire, Evan learns that some jobs are too hot to handle. Especially when it involves a scorchingly sexy woman. . . Newly divorced Faye Duncan is starting over, beginning with a career reboot as a a photographer shooting fires for a magazine. But her first encounter with a wildfire isn't nearly as wild as her first night with Evan Donovan. The moment she meets the bigger-than-life hero, the sparks begin to fly. But things really catch fire when Evan learns she may have taken a photo of the arsonist setting the fires. Evan is determined to keep Faye safe. But if he expects her to trust him with her life, he'll have to open up his heart--even if someone gets burned. . .
Book Synopsis Just a Few Jumper Stories by : Rod Dow
Download or read book Just a Few Jumper Stories written by Rod Dow and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Just a Few Jumper Stories" is a collection of 70 stories from 46 years of firefighting (32 with the smokejumpers) by Alaska Smokejumper Rod Dow. It is intended as a straightforward attempt to archive campfire stories from the life of a long time firefighter. All true tales, mostly funny incidents from his career, they portray the thrill, humor, and love of the outdoors that comes from parachuting into wild country in Alaska and throughout the mountain west.
Download or read book Smokejumper written by Jason A. Ramos and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature’s blazes. Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every year — record drought conditions, decades of forestry mismanagement, and the increasing encroachment of residential housing into the wilderness have combined to create a powder keg that threatens millions of acres and thousands of lives every year. One select group of men and women are part of America's front-line defense: smokejumpers. The smokejumper program operates through both the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Though they are tremendously skilled and only highly experienced and able wildland firefighters are accepted into the training program, being a smokejumper remains an art that can only be learned on the job. Forest fires often behave in unpredictable ways: spreading almost instantaneously, shooting downhill behind a stiff tailwind, or even flowing like a liquid. In this extraordinarily rare memoir by an active-duty jumper, Jason Ramos takes readers into his exhilarating and dangerous world, explores smokejumping’s remarkable history, and explains why their services are more essential than ever before.
