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Thiessen, Mark , Phelan, Glen

Extreme Wildfire: Smoke Jumpers, High-Tech Gear, Survival Tactics, and the Extraordinary Science of Fire

111 pp. | National | September, 2016 | Library ISBN 978-1-4263-2531-1 $22.90 | Paper ISBN 978-1-4263-2530-4 $12.99
(3) 4-6 This compendium is a creative mix of first- and third-person historical and contemporary narratives on wildfires and the firefighters who extinguish them. Alongside first-rate action photos, the detailed, dramatic text highlights fires' dangers, scientific descriptions, firefighter training and support, and a fire's role in the ecological system of destruction and renewal. Websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Jack Forman

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