![]() ![]() Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air Phillip Connors is a major new voice in American nonfiction, and his remarkable debut, Fire Season, is destined to be a modern classic. ![]() Moehringer, author of The Tender Bar adventures in radical solitude make for profoundly absorbing, restorative reading. Book Synopsis Fire Season both evokes and honors the great hermit celebrants of nature, from Dillard to Kerouac to Thoreau-and I loved it. Fire Season is his remarkable reflection on work, mans place in the wild, and the charms of solitude. About the Book For nearly a decade, Connors spent half the year in a 7-foot x 7-foot tower, 10,000 feet above sea level in remote New Mexico, keeping watch over the Gila National Forest, one of the most fire-prone areas in the country. ![]()
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