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Fire
Author: Sebastian Junger
Forest fires, terrorism, war: explorations of danger by the author of The Perfect Storm. For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyon...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780393010466
ISBN-10: 0393010465
Publication Date: 9/2001
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 53 ratings
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 3
Not as tense as Perfect Storm but a number of interesting essays on everything from firejumping to whaling to Bosnia.
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Helpful Score: 2
Very interesting and true short stories of the journalist, Sebastian Junger.
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Helpful Score: 2
Excellent book, Junger drops the reader right into the middle of the action.
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Loved this book. Junger takes extraordinary risk to place himself in the midst of situations everyone should know about. His writing is lucid and precise, yet comprehensive. The story in this book on the Storm King fire is extremely captivating and heartbreaking. He was also on the ground in Afghanistan before the US overthrow of the Taliban. He was with the Lion of Panjshir writing about his resistance to the Taliban before his assassination days before 9/11. Phenomenal writer, excellent book.
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Book of essays written by Junger. Two on fire (very interesting), 1 on whale hunters, diamond mine in Sierra Leone, stories on wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Cyprus and Albania.
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good reporting from various parts of the world


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