01-31-2008, 08:24 AM | #1 |
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I'm trying to track down a book I read about fifteen years ago. It was actually the first ebook I ever read. I used an HP100LX with vertical reader for those that may remember that device.
Anyway, all I recall is the theme of the book. It was about a young man who was working in the "fire towers" as a forest fire lookout in the western part of the U.S. I don't recall it as being any great literary work, but for some reason I was thinking about it lately and wanted to read it again, but I just can't seem to find it. I was hoping a description on here might help. Thanks in advance. |
01-31-2008, 10:29 AM | #2 |
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What type of novel was it (thriller, romance, modern lit etc.)?
Jack Kerouac's "Desolation Angels" could be a possibility. |
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01-31-2008, 01:35 PM | #3 |
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It was a work of non-fiction and chronicled a summer spent working as a fire lookout in the west. Written sometime around WWII if I remember correctly.
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01-31-2008, 03:21 PM | #4 |
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"Smokechaser" by Warren Yahr ?
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...93011800&itm=3 |
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Smokechaser might be the one. I have no idea where I would have gotten an ebook of it since I haven't found it this afternoon, but I'll keep looking. Thanks for the help.
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Was it Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean, who also wrote A River Runs Through It?
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