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Author:
Desmond, Matthew.
Title:
On the fireline : living and dying with wildland firefighters / Matthew Desmond.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
ix, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Wildfire fighters--West (U.S.)--Biography.
Wildfires--Prevention and control.
Hazardous occupations.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-353) and index.
Contents:
8. The incompetent dead. 1. Country masculinity -- 2. The sanctuary of the forest -- pt. 2. Training and discipline -- 3. A joke between brothers -- 4. Real firefighters drive green engines -- 5. Learning and burning -- 6. Taking the "wild" out of wildfire -- pt. 3. Fire and death -- 7. The Beaver Creek Fire -- 8. The incompetent dead.
Series:
Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
ISBN:
0226144089 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226144085 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)86109930
LCCN:
2007010878
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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