Breathing fire : female inmate firefighters on the front lines of California's wildfires
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Published
New York : MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Sequim - Nonfiction (Adult)
363.3709 LOWE
1 available
363.3709 LOWE
1 available
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Published
New York : MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 302 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
UPC
40030688428
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Of the thousands of firefighters who battle California's blazes every year, roughly 30 percent of the on-the-ground wildland crews are inmates earning a dollar an hour. Approximately 200 of those firefighters are women serving on all-female crews. Lowe has spent years getting to know dozens of women who have participated in the fire camp program. Speaking to captains, family and friends, correctional officers, and camp commanders, she provides an illuminating look at how the fire camps actually operate. In doing so, she encompasses California's underlying catastrophes of climate change, economic disparity, historical injustice, and the emotional and physical intensity of firefighting. -- adapted from jacket