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Fire Season

Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
by Philip Connors
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout. 7 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 8½ hrs. Blackstone Audio. 2011. ISBN 9781441782120. $69; 7 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail eds.; Playaway digital; digital download. AUTOBIOG
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OrangeReviewStarBetween tales of sweeping out rat droppings from the two-room cabin or flyfishing by moonlight or describing the environmental issues of fire suppression, former Wall Street Journal copy editor Connors deftly weaves his personal story and shares the joys of working solo five months each year as a U.S. Forest Service wilderness lookout, watching over thousands of acres for sources of forest fires—from lightening strikes to poorly extinguished campfires. Narrator Sean Runette brings Connors's writing alive. Fire Season reminds one of Bill Bryson's Walk in the Woods (minus Bryson's zany humor). Highly recommended for adults and older teens. [The Ecco pb will publish in February 2012.—Ed.]—M. Gail Preslar, formerly with Eastman Chemical Co. Business Lib., Kingsport, TN
Reviewed by M. Gail Preslar , Aug 01, 2011
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