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On the Burning Edge
- A Fateful Fire and the Men Who Fought It
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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In the tradition of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm and Robert Kurson's Shadow Divers comes a true and heartbreaking tale of courage, difficult decisions, and ultimate sacrifice. On the Burning Edge, by award-winning journalist and former wildland firefighter Kyle Dickman, is the definitive account of the Yarnell Hill Fire.
On June 28, 2013, a single bolt of lightning sparked an inferno that devoured more than 8,000 acres in Northern Arizona. Twenty elite firefighters - the Granite Mountain Hotshots - walked together into the blaze, tools in their hands and fire shelters on their hips. Only one of them walked out.
Dickman brings to the story a professional firefighter's understanding of how wildfires ignite, how they spread, and how they are fought. He understands hotshots and their culture: the pain and glory of a rough and vital job, the brotherly bonds born of dangerous work. Drawing on dozens of interviews with officials, families of the fallen, and the lone survivor, he describes in vivid detail what it's like to stand inside a raging fire - and shows how the increased population and decreased water supply of the American West guarantee that many more young men will step into harm's way in the coming years.
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In The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land.
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- De Mona en 11-04-20
De: Timothy Egan
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The Fire Line
- The Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots
- De: Fernanda Santos
- Narrado por: Ari Fliakos
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
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When a bolt of lightning ignited a hilltop in the sleepy town of Yarnell, Arizona, in June of 2013, setting off a blaze that would grow into one of the deadliest fires in American history, the 20 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 Hotshots were loyal to one another and dedicated to the tough job they had.
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- De matt en 05-04-16
De: Fernanda Santos
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Granite Mountain
- The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
- De: Brendan McDonough, Stephan Talty - contributor
- Narrado por: John Glouchevitch
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots" - firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in Prescott, Arizona.
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Thank you Brendan
- De Kenton en 06-07-16
De: Brendan McDonough, y otros
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Fire on the Mountain
- The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
- De: John N. MacLean
- Narrado por: John N. MacLean
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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On the morning of July 3, 1994, a misreported forest fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado became one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting. In this dramatic reconstruction of the disaster and its aftermath, John N. MacLean tells the heroic and cautionary story of nature at its most unforgiving.
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As a wildland firefighter it's a book that matters
- De Mark en 09-06-13
De: John N. MacLean
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Paradise
- One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire
- De: Lizzie Johnson
- Narrado por: Lizzie Johnson
- Duración: 11 h y 24 m
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On November 8, 2018, the people of Paradise, California, awoke to a mottled gray sky and gusty winds. Soon the Camp Fire was upon them, gobbling an acre a second. Less than two hours after the fire ignited, the town was engulfed in flames, the residents trapped in their homes and cars. By the next morning, eighty-five people were dead. As a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Lizzie Johnson was there as the town of Paradise burned.
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Horrible,Horrible,Illiterate narration.
- De howard bascom en 09-02-21
De: Lizzie Johnson
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Smokejumper
- A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters
- De: Jason A. Ramos, Julian Smith
- Narrado por: Ned Vaughn
- Duración: 5 h y 26 m
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In this extraordinarily rare memoir by an active-duty jumper, Jason Ramos takes listeners into his exhilarating and dangerous world, explores smokejumping's remarkable history, and explains why their services are more essential than ever before.
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About damn time a book on wildland firefighting was written!!!
- De Jefferer R. Beren en 07-16-15
De: Jason A. Ramos, y otros
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The Big Burn
- Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America
- De: Timothy Egan
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 9 h y 58 m
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In The Worst Hard Time, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land.
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- De Mona en 11-04-20
De: Timothy Egan
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The Smoke Jumper
- A Novel
- De: Nicholas Evans
- Narrado por: Eric Conger
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
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The best selling author of The Horse Whisperer and The Loop returns with this sweeping novel of love and loyalty, guilt and honor, set against the epic backdrop of wilderness firefighting and frontline photojournalism.
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The Smoke Jumper (unabridged)
- De Douglas Ellis en 12-12-02
De: Nicholas Evans
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Fire
- De: Sebastian Junger
- Narrado por: Sebastian Junger, Kevin Conway
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. Here is the same meticulous prose brought to bear on the inner workings of a terrifying elemental force; here is a cast of characters risking everything in an effort to bring that force under control.
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Random usings
- De Publius Florida en 05-19-09
De: Sebastian Junger
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Fire Weather
- A True Story from a Hotter World
- De: John Vaillant
- Narrado por: Alan Carlson
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
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In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s oil industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire neighborhoods into firebombs, and drove 88,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration—the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina—John Vaillant warns that this was not a unique event, but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world.
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Fantastic
- De Barbara en 06-24-23
De: John Vaillant
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The Esperanza Fire
- Arson, Murder and the Agony of Engine 57
- De: John N. Maclean
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
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The Esperanza Fire started October 26, 2006, in the San Jacinto Mountains above the Banning Pass near Cabazon, California. It destroyed 41,000 acres and dozens of homes and cost the taxpayers $16 million dollars. But by far the highest costs of the conflagration were the lives of the five-man crew of Engine 57, the first engine crew ever killed fighting a wildland blaze. Fire and superheated gases had erupted in a freak "area ignition," sending flames racing across three-quarters of a mile in mere seconds, engulfing the crew and the house they were defending.
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Read the "book reviews" on Amazon before judging.
- De IdyGal en 08-26-18
De: John N. Maclean
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Gutter Medicine: Twenty-Six Years as a Firefighter Paramedic
- De: Roger Huder
- Narrado por: Tom Jordan
- Duración: 5 h y 29 m
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My career as a firefighter/paramedic stretched from 1974 to 2000 when were inventing EMS as we went along. These are stories from those years on the street. That place I named so long ago, the other reality that exists just outside most people’s everyday lives. It is a place that seems to exist parallel to the normal workaday existence: yet it is only a car accident or cardiac away for any of us. It manifested itself in brushfires, house fires, shootings, stabbings, hangings, accidents with injuries, cardiacs, codes, drownings, and a thousand other emergencies.
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Mesmerizing!
- De txdoc en 10-16-19
De: Roger Huder
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The Rescuer
- One Firefighter’s Story of Courage, Darkness, and the Relentless Love That Saved Him
- De: Jason Sautel, D.R. Jacobsen - contributor
- Narrado por: Mark Smeby
- Duración: 5 h y 10 m
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He helped save people every day - but he had no idea how to save himself. Jason Sautel had it all. Confident in his abilities and trusted by his fellow firefighters, he was making a name for himself on the streets of Oakland, California. His adrenaline-fueled job even helped him forget the pain of his childhood - until the day he looked into the eyes of a jumper on the Bay Bridge and came face-to-face with a darkness he knew would take him down as well.
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Real..... and good!
- De Anonymous User en 03-07-21
De: Jason Sautel, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre On the Burning Edge
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- 01-07-16
a great book
What did you love best about On the Burning Edge?
I was skeptical of this book. I didn't really care for the article in Outside that was it's beginning and I thought a whole book on the subject might turn out to be some Sebastian Younger style trash. However, I'm friends with the authors brother so I thought I had better check it out in for conversation sake. My skepticism was completely obliterated! This is such a well written book. It's a respectfully told story of a terrible tragedy, general fire fighting techniques and an interesting look into current forest management policy. The book find an exceptional balance covering a very tough subject.
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- Desiree May
- 04-29-16
Be on the fire line, and in their heads.
Would you consider the audio edition of On the Burning Edge to be better than the print version?
Although the technical information provided about the crew, fire equipment and field terms is easy to understand, reading the same at a study pace, and having a written outline (provided by the author of men, squads, fires, etc.) provided a better touch-stone. The audio version is "better" because the narrator, Will Damron, provides the emotion and sense of urgency that is the backbone of this story.
What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
Learning about the mens' lives, dreams, family and motivations.
Which scene was your favorite?
Favorite? Well, impressive and mind boggling. The telling of the Dude Fire. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I had no idea of the risk involved, and how the situations can change in the blink of an eye. They all train so hard to be ready. Ready. I cried.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
This book is based on actual events. The aftermath of any tragedy claiming human life, leaves those left behind empty at all levels of emotion and understanding. The eulogy read by Granite Mountain Firefighter Brendan McDonough is one of those moments.
Any additional comments?
Kyle Dickmans' book is well written, and very interesting. The language and tools of firefighting are made easy for anyone to understand. I enjoyed learning the history of wild land fire fighting and how it came to be in the fabric of our nation.
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- 03-24-16
Now what I expected
Went more into the before and less into the after. But all and all it was a good book. In my opinion, being a fire fighter, it had a couple technical flaws.
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- Eric
- 06-13-16
being firefighter myself,this book hit my heart.
Exceptional book, great insight to fighting wildland fires and how to become a hot shot.
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