{"product_id":"breathing-fire-female-inmate-firefighters-on-the-front-lines-of-californias-wildfires-paperback","title":"Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJaime Lowe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California wildfires.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShawna was overcome by the claustrophobia, the heat, the smoke, the fire, all just down the canyon and up the ravine. She was feeling the adrenaline, but also the terror of doing something for the first time. She knew how to run with a backpack; they had trained her physically. But that's not training for flames. That's not live fire.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalifornia's fire season gets hotter, longer, and more extreme every year -- fire season is now year-round. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBreathing Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, Jaime Lowe expands on her revelatory work for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She has spent years getting to know dozens of women who have participated in the fire camp program and spoken to captains, family and friends, correctional officers, and camp commanders. The result is a rare, illuminating look at how the fire camps actually operate -- a story that encompasses California's underlying catastrophes of climate change, economic disparity, and historical injustice, but also draws on deeply personal histories, relationships, desires, frustrations, and the emotional and physical intensity of firefighting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLowe's reporting is a groundbreaking investigation of the prison system, and an intimate portrayal of the women of California's Correctional Camps who put their lives on the line, while imprisoned, to save a state in peril.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaime Lowe\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMental\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir about lithium and bipolar disorder, and \u003ci\u003eDigging for Dirt: The Life and Death of ODB\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography of Ol' Dirty Bastard, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan. She is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and other national and international publications. Lowe has contributed to \u003ci\u003eThis American Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRadiolab\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been featured on NPR and WNYC numerous times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759509963040,"sku":"9781250849212","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0dbb7d902369ffe33702e39fd99eaa7c.webp?v=1780154851","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/breathing-fire-female-inmate-firefighters-on-the-front-lines-of-californias-wildfires-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}