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Jumping Fire
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Author : Murry A. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2014-05-13
Jumping Fire written by Murry A. Taylor and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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
Jumping Fire
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Author : Murry A. Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 2001-06-01
Jumping Fire written by Murry A. Taylor and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-01 with Nature categories.
The author's chronicle of one summer as an Alaskan smokejumper reflects on the years of training, the adrenaline-fueled jumps, his brushes with death, the fires he conquered, and the ones that got away.
Smoke Jumping On The Western Fire Line
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Author : Mark Matthews
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2006
Smoke Jumping On The Western Fire Line written by Mark Matthews and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
The story of the World War II conscientious objectors who volunteered for Civilian Public Service as U.S. Forest Service smoke jumpers is told in this history that reveals a little-known dimension of American pacifism.
More Or Less Crazy
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Author : Murry Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014-12-12
More Or Less Crazy written by Murry Taylor and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-12 with categories.
Return to the summer of '73 and adventure through Alaska as a Smokejumper. In an odyssey of movement and beauty we move back and forth across Alaska, jumping fires from Kodiak Island to the shadows of Denali, and in the winds of Isabel Pass. The smokejumpers themselves are a varied lot - several are ex-Air America bad boys recently back from covert CIA operations in Southeast Asia, and in no mood to take orders from anyone. The rest of the crew is made up of transfers and no-rehires from the jump bases in the Lower 48 where strict, top-down, authoritarian management made it hard, if not impossible, for them to fit in. Being stuck on Fort Wainwright in a dark and dreary hangar, surrounded by chain link fences and gravel lots, and under the eye of the Army Military Police is a recipe for disaster with a healthy serving of rebellion, heroism, pranks and humor thrown in. Adventure with these smokejumpers as they ultimately come together in an outrageous testimony to the joy of living life fully and playfully in one of America's last great true-life adventures.
Jumping Over Fire
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Author : Nahid Rachlin
language : en
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Release Date : 2014-12-15
Jumping Over Fire written by Nahid Rachlin and has been published by City Lights Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-15 with Fiction categories.
Iranian family embroiled in Islamic revolution, the hostage crisis, incest, and exile in America.
Rise And Fire
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Author : Shawn Fury
language : en
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date : 2016-02-23
Rise And Fire written by Shawn Fury and has been published by Flatiron Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-23 with Sports & Recreation categories.
It’s hard to believe that there was a time when the jump shot didn’t exist in basketball. When the sport was invented in 1891, players would take set shots with both feet firmly planted on the ground. Defenders controlled the sport, the pace was slower, and games would frequently end with scores fit for a football field. It took almost forty years before players began shooting jump shots of any kind and sixty-five years before it became a common sight. When the first jump shooting pioneers left the ground, they rose not only above their defenders, but also above the sport’s conventions. The jump shot created a soaring offense, infectious excitement, loyal fans, and legends. Basketball would never be the same. Rise and Fire celebrates this crucial shot while tracing the history of how it revolutionized the game, shedding light on all corners of the basketball world, from NBA arenas to the playgrounds of New York City and the barns of Indiana. Award-winning journalist Shawn Fury obsesses over the jump shot, explores its fundamentals, puzzles over its complexities, marvels at its simplicity, and honors those who created some of basketball’s greatest moments. Part history, part travelogue, and part memoir, Rise and Fire bounces from the dirt courts of the 1930s to today’s NBA courts and state-of-the-art shooting labs, examining everything from how nets and rims affect a shooter to rivalries between shooting coaches to how the three-pointer came to rule the game. Impeccably researched and engaging, the book features interviews and profiles of legendary figures like Jerry West, Bob McAdoo, Ray Allen, and Denise Long---the first woman ever drafted by the NBA, plus dozens more, revealing the evolution of the shot over time. Analyzing the techniques and reliving some of the most unforgettable plays from the greats, Fury creates a technical, personal, historical, and even spiritual examination of the shot. This is not a dry how-to textbook of basketball mechanics; it is a lively tour of basketball history and a love letter to the sport and the shot that changed it forever.
History Of Smokejumping
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Author : United States. Forest Service. Division of Fire Control
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
History Of Smokejumping written by United States. Forest Service. Division of Fire Control and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Smokejumping categories.
Fire Control Notes
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
Fire Control Notes written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Forest fires categories.
The Burn Journals
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Author : Brent Runyon
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2005-10-11
The Burn Journals written by Brent Runyon and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Fans of Thirteen Reasons Why, Running with Scissors, and Girl, Interrupted will be entranced by this remarkable true story of teenage despair and recovery. “[The Burn Journals] describes a particular kind of youthful male desolation better than it has ever been described before, by anyone.” —Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon In 1991, fourteen-year-old Brent Runyon came home from school, doused his bathrobe in gasoline, put it on, and lit a match. He suffered third-degree burns over 85% of his body and spent the next year recovering in hospitals and rehab facilities. During that year of physical recovery, Runyon began to question what he’d done, undertaking the complicated journey from near-death back to high school, and from suicide back to the emotional mainstream of life.
Smokejumpers
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Author : Mark Beyer
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2001-08-15
Smokejumpers written by Mark Beyer and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Provides information on the men and women who risk their lives daily by extinguishing wildfires by placing themselves in the heart of the fire.