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A memoir of solitude, wilderness and wildfire. Connors has spent half of each year for a decade in a small room at the top of a tower on a mountain in the American wilderness, looking out for wildfires and putting them out. This charts his experiences, including lightning storms, and surprise encounters with bobcats, black bears and abandoned fawns. 'A masterwork of close observation, deep reflection and hard won wisdom...' Philip Gourevitch
Synopsis
An unforgettable memoir of solitude, wilderness and wildfires