Fire Season, Philip Connors

For nearly ten summers Philip Connors has been returning to the Gila National Forest in New Mexico to watch for wildfires. Fire Season, Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout, tells of Connor's experiences.

It is a beautifully written, atmospheric book. Connor has a real flare for description, and imbues the book with a very strong sense of place and personality. Anecdotes, history, autobiography and musings make up Fire Season, it is romantic and practical, informative and funny. It beats Kerouac's 'Alone on a Mountaintop' hands down. Highly recommended.