On the Fireline
Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters
- Contents
- Review Quotes
- Awards

Part One History and Place
1. Country Masculinity
2. The Sanctuary of the Forest
Part Two Training and Discipline
3. A Joke between Brothers
4. Real Firefighters Drive Green Engines
5. Learning and Burning
6. Taking the "Wild" Out of Wildfire
Part Three Fire and Death
7. The Beaver Creek Fire
8. The Incompetent Dead
Conclusion
Appendix: Between Native and Alien
Glossary
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
ASA Occupations & Organizations Section: Max Weber Award
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Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
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