Breathing Fire
Subtitle: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires
Publisher: MCD
Published: Jul 27, 2021
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780374116187
Description: "A dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California's wildfires"--

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
Notes: Source title: Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires