Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Lookout
Author: Trina Moyles
Publisher: Random House Canada
ISBN: 0735279918
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric types who spent five-month summers alone, climbing 100-foot high towers and watching for signs of fire in the surrounding boreal forest. How could you isolate yourself for that long? she wondered. "I could never do it," she told herself. Craving a deeper sense of purpose, she left northern Alberta to pursue a decade-long career in global humanitarian work. After three years in East Africa, and newly engaged, Trina returned to Peace River with a plan to sponsor her fiance, Akello's, immigration to Canada. Despite her fear of being alone in the woods, she applied for a seasonal lookout position and got the job. Thus begins Trina's first summer as one of a handful of lookouts scattered throughout Alberta, with only a farm dog, Holly--labeled "a domesticated wolf" by her former owners--to keep her company. While searching for smoke, Trina unravels under the pressure of a long-distance relationship--and a dawning awareness of the environmental crisis that climate change is producing in the boreal. Through megafires, lightning storms, and stunning encounters with wildlife, she learns to survive at the fire tower by forging deep connections with nature and with an extraordinary community of people dedicated to wildfire detection and combat. In isolation, she discovers a kind of self-awareness--and freedom--that only solitude can deliver. Lookout is a riveting story of loss, transformation, and belonging to oneself, layered with an eyewitness account of the destructive and regenerative power of wildfire in our northern forests.
Publisher: Random House Canada
ISBN: 0735279918
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric types who spent five-month summers alone, climbing 100-foot high towers and watching for signs of fire in the surrounding boreal forest. How could you isolate yourself for that long? she wondered. "I could never do it," she told herself. Craving a deeper sense of purpose, she left northern Alberta to pursue a decade-long career in global humanitarian work. After three years in East Africa, and newly engaged, Trina returned to Peace River with a plan to sponsor her fiance, Akello's, immigration to Canada. Despite her fear of being alone in the woods, she applied for a seasonal lookout position and got the job. Thus begins Trina's first summer as one of a handful of lookouts scattered throughout Alberta, with only a farm dog, Holly--labeled "a domesticated wolf" by her former owners--to keep her company. While searching for smoke, Trina unravels under the pressure of a long-distance relationship--and a dawning awareness of the environmental crisis that climate change is producing in the boreal. Through megafires, lightning storms, and stunning encounters with wildlife, she learns to survive at the fire tower by forging deep connections with nature and with an extraordinary community of people dedicated to wildfire detection and combat. In isolation, she discovers a kind of self-awareness--and freedom--that only solitude can deliver. Lookout is a riveting story of loss, transformation, and belonging to oneself, layered with an eyewitness account of the destructive and regenerative power of wildfire in our northern forests.
From the Lookout
Author: Kathleen Harris
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0870209388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
For every summer from 1916 to 1948, Camp Meenahga, on the picturesque shoreline of Lake Michigan in Door County’s Peninsula State Park, hosted young girls and women from across the United States and Canada. From July to September each year, campers slept in canvas tents, told stories beside a massive stone fireplace, swam, canoed, sailed, hiked, rode horses, and watched the sunset from the Lookout, a gazebo with a spectacular view of the waters of Green Bay. With big ideas, little money, and no experience, Alice Orr Clark and Frances Louise “Kidy” Mabley founded Meenahga as a place for young women to refine their manners, enjoy outdoor leisure activities, and learn woodcraft. From the Lookout is an account of these experiences, a history of Camp Meenahga informed by what campers, counselors, and others left behind, including letters home, notes from Clark and Mabley, and many pages from the camp yearbook and newsletter Pack and Paddle. Brimming with nostalgia, From the Lookout brings to life the sights, sounds, and smells of an idyllic summer retreat, one that long after it closed lived on as a place of respite in the memories of those who knew and loved it best.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0870209388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
For every summer from 1916 to 1948, Camp Meenahga, on the picturesque shoreline of Lake Michigan in Door County’s Peninsula State Park, hosted young girls and women from across the United States and Canada. From July to September each year, campers slept in canvas tents, told stories beside a massive stone fireplace, swam, canoed, sailed, hiked, rode horses, and watched the sunset from the Lookout, a gazebo with a spectacular view of the waters of Green Bay. With big ideas, little money, and no experience, Alice Orr Clark and Frances Louise “Kidy” Mabley founded Meenahga as a place for young women to refine their manners, enjoy outdoor leisure activities, and learn woodcraft. From the Lookout is an account of these experiences, a history of Camp Meenahga informed by what campers, counselors, and others left behind, including letters home, notes from Clark and Mabley, and many pages from the camp yearbook and newsletter Pack and Paddle. Brimming with nostalgia, From the Lookout brings to life the sights, sounds, and smells of an idyllic summer retreat, one that long after it closed lived on as a place of respite in the memories of those who knew and loved it best.
Martin Bridge: On the Lookout!
Author: Jessica Scott Kerrin
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553377737
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Martin Bridge: On the Lookout! features three more illustrated stories about Martin's well-laid plans unravelling, with funny and touching results.
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553377737
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Martin Bridge: On the Lookout! features three more illustrated stories about Martin's well-laid plans unravelling, with funny and touching results.
Lookout America!
Author: Kevin Hamilton
Publisher: Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture
ISBN: 9781512603279
Category : Cold War
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The story of the Cold War era Lookout Mountain Laboratory, or the 1352nd Photographic Group of the United States Air Force, which employed hundreds of Hollywood studio veterans. Engages with issues of the Cold War state and visual culture"--
Publisher: Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture
ISBN: 9781512603279
Category : Cold War
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The story of the Cold War era Lookout Mountain Laboratory, or the 1352nd Photographic Group of the United States Air Force, which employed hundreds of Hollywood studio veterans. Engages with issues of the Cold War state and visual culture"--
On the Lookout
Author: Christy Barritt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781795363723
Category : Christian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A runaway woman. A dead body. A mysterious compound. When Cassidy Chambers accepted the job as police chief on Lantern Beach, she knew the island had its secrets. But a suspicious death with potentially far-reaching implications will test all her skills--and threaten to reveal her true identity. Cassidy enlists the help of her husband, former Navy SEAL Ty Chambers. As they dig for answers, both uncover parts of their pasts that are best left buried. Not everything is as it seems, and they must figure out if their John Doe is connected to the secretive group that has moved onto the island.As facts materialize, danger on the island grows. Can Cassidy and Ty discover the truth about the shadowy crimes in their cozy community? Or has darkness permanently invaded their beloved Lantern Beach?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781795363723
Category : Christian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A runaway woman. A dead body. A mysterious compound. When Cassidy Chambers accepted the job as police chief on Lantern Beach, she knew the island had its secrets. But a suspicious death with potentially far-reaching implications will test all her skills--and threaten to reveal her true identity. Cassidy enlists the help of her husband, former Navy SEAL Ty Chambers. As they dig for answers, both uncover parts of their pasts that are best left buried. Not everything is as it seems, and they must figure out if their John Doe is connected to the secretive group that has moved onto the island.As facts materialize, danger on the island grows. Can Cassidy and Ty discover the truth about the shadowy crimes in their cozy community? Or has darkness permanently invaded their beloved Lantern Beach?
Family at the Lookout
Author: Noreen Shelley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192713384
Category : Blue Mountains (N.S.W. : Mountains)
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
The Wetherall family move from their small flat in Melbourne to Gully Heights in the Blue Mountains. Mark and Lindy love their new home; the only drawback in their new life is the housekeeper, who is involved in some strange goings-on.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192713384
Category : Blue Mountains (N.S.W. : Mountains)
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
The Wetherall family move from their small flat in Melbourne to Gully Heights in the Blue Mountains. Mark and Lindy love their new home; the only drawback in their new life is the housekeeper, who is involved in some strange goings-on.
The JAG Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Seen Areas and the Distribution of Fires about a Lookout
Author: Romain M. Mees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
From the location of a fire lookout and the sites of past fires within a given radius about a lookout, an estimate of the fire distribution with respect to distance from the lookout can be obtained. The estimated distribution can include all fires located within a given number of feet below the last maximum line of sight from the lookout. Seen areas for the same lookout can be developed, stored, and plotted at a computer site for future work.
Publisher:
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Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
From the location of a fire lookout and the sites of past fires within a given radius about a lookout, an estimate of the fire distribution with respect to distance from the lookout can be obtained. The estimated distribution can include all fires located within a given number of feet below the last maximum line of sight from the lookout. Seen areas for the same lookout can be developed, stored, and plotted at a computer site for future work.
The California Ranger
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Strategies & Tactics for the MBE
Author: Steven L. Emanuel
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN: 1543839398
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
STRATEGIES & TACTICS FOR THE MBE - 8E
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN: 1543839398
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
STRATEGIES & TACTICS FOR THE MBE - 8E