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Description:In Mountains of Memory, seasoned wildernessdweller Don Scheese charts a long season of watching for and fightingfires in Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness the largest federalwilderness area in the mainland United States. An inspiring tale ofself-discovery, Mountains of Memory paints a complex portraitof the natural, institutional, and historical forces that have shapedthe great forested landscapes of the American West.A student of nature writing as well as a fire lookout with over adecade of experience, Scheese recounts his life at the top of theworld, along with daring adventures such as backpacking andmountaineering in the Bighorn Crags and kayaking down the Middle Forkof the Salmon River. All the while, he touches upon the mysterious andpowerful realities of the wilderness around him—stunning dawnsvisible within the glass cage perched on a 9,000-foot mountain,stirring flashes of lightning visible all around the dark landscape asthe radio crackles with reports of strikes observed and fires spotted,long-awaited trips down the mountain to civilization for cold beer andhot pizza.In the tradition of Edward Abbey and Gary Snyder, Don Scheese offersreaders a meditation on the meaning and value of wilderness at thebeginning of the twenty-first century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mountains Of Memory: A Fire Lookout'S Life (American Land & Life Book 1). To get started finding Mountains Of Memory: A Fire Lookout'S Life (American Land & Life Book 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In Mountains of Memory, seasoned wildernessdweller Don Scheese charts a long season of watching for and fightingfires in Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness the largest federalwilderness area in the mainland United States. An inspiring tale ofself-discovery, Mountains of Memory paints a complex portraitof the natural, institutional, and historical forces that have shapedthe great forested landscapes of the American West.A student of nature writing as well as a fire lookout with over adecade of experience, Scheese recounts his life at the top of theworld, along with daring adventures such as backpacking andmountaineering in the Bighorn Crags and kayaking down the Middle Forkof the Salmon River. All the while, he touches upon the mysterious andpowerful realities of the wilderness around him—stunning dawnsvisible within the glass cage perched on a 9,000-foot mountain,stirring flashes of lightning visible all around the dark landscape asthe radio crackles with reports of strikes observed and fires spotted,long-awaited trips down the mountain to civilization for cold beer andhot pizza.In the tradition of Edward Abbey and Gary Snyder, Don Scheese offersreaders a meditation on the meaning and value of wilderness at thebeginning of the twenty-first century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mountains Of Memory: A Fire Lookout'S Life (American Land & Life Book 1). To get started finding Mountains Of Memory: A Fire Lookout'S Life (American Land & Life Book 1), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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