Two-Man Stick - Softcover

Filler, Bud

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891055011 ISBN 13: 9781891055010

Publisher: Confluence Press, 1999

Dropping from the sky, the smokejumpers of the US Forest Service parachute into the fight against forest fires, risking their lives to keep the trees of the west from burning. Bud Filler brings back those exciting early days of aerial fire suppression, and tells what it's like to step out of airplane with a backpack filled with flimsy nylon, and nothing below but a hillside full of rocks and a raging wildfire.

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About the Author:

Bud Filler earned degrees in Forestry from Pennsylvania State University and the University of British Columbia, then served as an officer in the U.S. Army, 9th Infantry Division. He returned to Idaho to cut logs along the Clearwater River, and now is the co-owner of Filler King Company, a manufacturer of structural engineered wood products, and Jump Creek Lumber Company. He lives with his wife, Ellie, in Boise, Idaho.

Review:

An old ranger once said, Yesterday is gone and you cant get it back. But Bud helps relive those old times, dramatically capturing the world of smokejumping in the early years. The excitement, drama, camaraderie and humor are all here, in a book that everyone will enjoy. -- Reid Jackson, Smokejumper Project Leader, 1953-1956

Bud Filler is a fine writer, and he tells the smokejumper story as it was and still is: the most adventurous job in America. This is a superb book. -- Clay Morgan, former smokejumper and author of Santiago and the Drinking Party

Two-Man Stick is a well written page-turner on a fascinating subject. Bud Filler has made the business of smokejumping come alive with real people, colorful and sensitive descriptions, and a trained woodsmans knowledge of a forest ecosystem. What comes through most clearly is Buds enormous and unmistakable love for our national heritage of public lands and for those who risk their lives to protect them. -- Cecil D. Andrus, former governor of Idaho

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