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Granite Mountain - The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice (Paperback)
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Granite Mountain - The Firsthand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice (Paperback)
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List price R268
Loot Price R216
Discovery Miles 2 160
You Save R52 (19%)
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The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion
picture Only the Brave. A unique and bracing (Booklist)
first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous
2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 hotshots --
firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan
McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate
heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided
to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain
Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in Prescott, Arizona.
Their leader, Eric Marsh, was in a desperate crunch after four
hotshots left the unit, and perhaps seeing a glimmer of promise in
the skinny would-be recruit, he took a chance on the unlikely
McDonough, and the chance paid off. Despite the crew's skepticism,
and thanks in large part to Marsh's firm but loving encouragement,
McDonough unlocked a latent drive and dedication, going on to
successfully battle a number of blazes and eventually win the
confidence of the men he came to call his brothers. Then, on June
30, 2013, while McDonough -- Donut as he'd been dubbed by his
team--served as lookout, they confronted a freak, 3,000-degree
inferno in nearby Yarnell, Arizona. The relentless firestorm
ultimately trapped his hotshot brothers, tragically killing all 19
of them within minutes. Nationwide, it was the greatest loss of
firefighter lives since the 9/11 attacks. Granite Mountain is a
gripping memoir that traces McDonough's story of finding his way
out of the dead end of drugs, finding his purpose among the Granite
Mountain Hotshots, and the minute-by-minute account of the fateful
day he lost the very men who had saved him. A harrowing and
redemptive tale of resilience in the face of tragedy, Granite
Mountain is also a powerful reminder of the heroism of the people
who put themselves in harm's way to protect us every day.
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