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Author Desmond, Matthew.

Title On the fireline : living and dying with wildland firefighters / Matthew Desmond.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.37 DESMOND    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  363.37 DESMOND    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  363.37 DE    Check Shelf
Description ix, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Fieldwork encounters and discoveries.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-353) and index.
Contents Introduction -- pt. 1. History and place -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Appendix : Between native and alien -- Glossary -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Local Note WNDSR Gift of Windsor/Windsor Locks Rotary in honor of Bob Bolasevich, Town of Windsor Fire Marshal.
Subject Wildfire fighters -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Wildfires -- Prevention and control.
Hazardous occupations.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
ISBN 9780226144085 cloth alkaline paper
0226144089 cloth alkaline paper
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