Burnt : a memoir of fighting fire / Clare Frank.
Material type: TextSeries: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction seriesPublisher: [Farmington Hills, MI] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Large print editionDescription: 539 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9798885793711
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Large Print Book | Main Library | Large Print NonFiction | New | FRANK, C. F828 | Checked out | Brown stains on edges of pages 2/4/24 | 08/13/2024 | 33111011218258 |
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"-- Back cover.