Jumping Fire: A smokejumper's memoir of fighting wildfire.

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JUMPING FIRE: A SMOKEJUMPER’S MEMOIR OF FIGHTING WILDFIRE

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A veteran smokejumper recounts his three decades parachuting out of planes and fighting wildfires in the rugged West, told within the framework of one thrilling season.

Murry A. Taylor

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The paperback edition of Jumping Fire was released on June 1st, 2001.

Publication date: June 5, 2000
Hardcover - 464 pages
(June 2000) • 2 maps;
8-page photo insert
$26 / $39 CAN • Harcourt
ISBN: 0151005893

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