Fire Season is for pilgrims, pedestrians, hikers and anchorites, city dwellers, and solitary sorts: a treat for the senses, fit for the long haul. Fire Season both evokes and honors the great hermit celebrants of nature. 'Philip Connors has crafted a book illumined by the gob-smacked, wide-eyed, inquisitional wonder at creation that moves writing about the natural world into the realm of the most necessary texts. By: Phillip Connors Narrated by: Adam Verner Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins Release date: 02-16-15 Language: English 66 ratings Regular price: 20. Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout - Philip Connors.E-raamat. It made me question my childhood hero, Smokey Bear, but. Students will be fascinated by Connors' story as they discover why lookouts are known as 'freaks on the peaks.' For Connors, fire is an opportunity to weave a story of an old enemy but new friend to the wilderness. Writing with the gusto, charm, and sense of history of Ian Frazier or Tony Horwitz, Connors captures the wonder and grandeur of this most unusual job and place: the eerie pleasure of solitude the strange dance of communion and mistrust with animals and the majesty and might of wildfires at their wildest. Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout. This is one of the most undeveloped parts of the country, the first region designated as an official wilderness area in the world, and one of the most fire-prone: each year it's hit by lightning more than 30,000 times. See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Connors, Philip. Get 50 off this audiobook at the AudiobooksNow online audio book. For nearly a decade the acclaimed young writer Philip Connors has spent half of each year in a 7'x7' fire lookout tower, 10,000-feet up in a remote part of New Mexico. Download or stream Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors.

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