Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West

In the exhilarating spirit of Wild and A Walk in the Park, this “intimate and action-packed memoir” (Outside) follows one woman’s struggle to succeed as a wildland firefighter on an elite, male-dominated crew as they battle some of the fiercest wildfires in the West.

When Kelly Ramsey drives over a California mountain pass to join an elite wildland firefighting crew, she’s terrified that she won’t be able to keep up with the intense demands of the job. Not only will she be the only woman on ...