Gear: Book: Ghosts Of The FireGround by Peter Leschak
Book: Ghosts Of The FireGround by Peter Leschak
HarperCollins| Category: | Book Reviews |
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| Subcategory: | Firefighting History |
| Price: | $4-$5.00 on Amazon |
| Average Rating: | (7 Votes) |
| Description: | Written by a man who worked several years on Heli Tac crews fighting wild land fire. He writes about lessons learned from The Great Pestigo fire of 1871 and of his own experiences fighting fire. The Great Pestigoo fire was the deadliest fire of North American history killing over 1200 people. Beautifully written. And great memoirs. Leshack is an excellent writer and draws you right into his words. Fantastic books A must read! |
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- firedup, Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:09:51 UTC.
- 1st review
Very well written ,lessons learned accounts.
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- richirich23, Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:11:35 UTC.
its a good book
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- hotshot75, Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:16:44 UTC.
This is a good book. If you are interested in historical wildland firefighting look for "The Big Blowup" it is probably out of print but maybe in you library or used book store.
Eyewitness accounts of the 1910 fires in Idaho and Montana.
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- USWFA, Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:11:51 UTC.
This is a very good book....
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- bfdgooch, Sun, 03 May 2009 15:29:20 UTC.
Got this book not to long ago used. I was unable to put it down very well written
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- ninabling, Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:39:22 UTC.
Love this book =)
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- sandy2501, Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:29:57 UTC.
Nice read
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