Burnt : a memoir of fighting fire /
Frank, Clare,
Burnt : a memoir of fighting fire / Clare Frank. - Large print edition. - 539 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 24 cm - - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction . - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series. .
I. Ignition. Matchsticks ; Blisters ; Coffee ; Vermin -- II. Sustained heat. Roods ; Gum ; Skivvies ; Pop-tarts -- III. Free burn. Remains ; Footbags ; Vertebrates ; Fissures -- IV. Growth. Fugitives ; Ganja ; Retinas ; Critters -- V. Full development. Kings ; Towers ; Brass ; Ohms -- VI. Decay. Slurry ; Scrapple ; Etchings ; Beacons -- Afterword -- Glossary.
California's female chief of fire protection looks back at her pioneering path in a male-dominated field, taking readers inside station houses, on daily calls, and along on wildfire campaigns. "When Clare Frank was seventeen, she became a firefighter in Northern California. Very soon, she knew she had found her calling. Burnt is Clare's inspiring account of a life in fire. It chronicles the transformation of a young adult into a scarred and sensitive veteran, grappling with the weight of her duties as chief of fire protection while record-setting fires engulf her home state. Clare masterfully mixes irreverence and awe, taking readers inside station houses, on daily calls, and along on wildfire campaigns where antics and dark humor balance terrifying risk, trauma, and a sense of almost holy responsibility"--
9798885793711
Frank, Clare.
Fire chiefs--California--Biography.
Fire fighters--United States--Biography.
Women fire fighters--United States--Biography.
Fire extinction--California.
Wildfires--California.
Large type books.
Autobiographies.
Burnt : a memoir of fighting fire / Clare Frank. - Large print edition. - 539 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 24 cm - - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction . - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series. .
I. Ignition. Matchsticks ; Blisters ; Coffee ; Vermin -- II. Sustained heat. Roods ; Gum ; Skivvies ; Pop-tarts -- III. Free burn. Remains ; Footbags ; Vertebrates ; Fissures -- IV. Growth. Fugitives ; Ganja ; Retinas ; Critters -- V. Full development. Kings ; Towers ; Brass ; Ohms -- VI. Decay. Slurry ; Scrapple ; Etchings ; Beacons -- Afterword -- Glossary.
California's female chief of fire protection looks back at her pioneering path in a male-dominated field, taking readers inside station houses, on daily calls, and along on wildfire campaigns. "When Clare Frank was seventeen, she became a firefighter in Northern California. Very soon, she knew she had found her calling. Burnt is Clare's inspiring account of a life in fire. It chronicles the transformation of a young adult into a scarred and sensitive veteran, grappling with the weight of her duties as chief of fire protection while record-setting fires engulf her home state. Clare masterfully mixes irreverence and awe, taking readers inside station houses, on daily calls, and along on wildfire campaigns where antics and dark humor balance terrifying risk, trauma, and a sense of almost holy responsibility"--
9798885793711
Frank, Clare.
Fire chiefs--California--Biography.
Fire fighters--United States--Biography.
Women fire fighters--United States--Biography.
Fire extinction--California.
Wildfires--California.
Large type books.
Autobiographies.