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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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When a bolt of lightning ignited a hilltop in the sleepy town of Yarnell, Arizona, in June 2013, setting off a blaze that would grow into one of the deadliest fires in American history, the twenty men who made up the Granite Mountain Hotshots sprang into action. An elite crew trained to combat the most challenging wildfires, the Granite Mountain Hotshots were a ragtag family, crisscrossing the American West and wherever else the fires took them. The...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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An account of the tragedy that resulted in the most firefighter deaths since 9/11 tells the full story of the events on Arizona's Granite Mountain on June 30, 2013, when nineteen wildland firefighters lost their lives while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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An insider account of the high-risk world of elite wilderness firefighters who parachute into deep-wilderness fire zones reveals the unique skills that smokejumpers must employ to fight dangerous fires and stay alive.
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