{"product_id":"hotshot-river-selby-9780802149497","title":"Hotshot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fierce debut memoir of a female firefighter, \u003ci\u003eHotshot \u003c\/i\u003enavigates the personal and environmental dangers of wildland firefighting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 2000 to 2010, River Selby was a wildland firefighter whose given name was Anastasia. This is a memoir of that time in their life--of Ana, the struggles she encountered, and the contours of what it meant to be female-bodied in a male-dominated profession. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time they were 19, Selby had been homeless, addicted to drugs, and sexually assaulted more than once. In a last-ditch effort to find direction, they applied to be a wildland firefighter. Soon immersed in the world of firefighting and its arcana--from specialized tools named for the fire pioneers who invented them, to the back-breaking labor of racing against time to create firebreaks--Selby began to find an internal balance. Then, after two years of ragtag contract firefighting, Selby joined an elite class of specially trained wildland firefighters known as hotshots. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of five fire seasons, Selby delves into the world of the people--almost entirely men--who risk their lives to fight and sometimes prevent wildfires. Marked out in a sea of machismo, Selby was simultaneously hyper visible and invisible, and \u003ci\u003eHotshot \u003c\/i\u003edeftly parses the odd mix of camaraderie and rampant sexism she experienced on her fire crews, and how, when challenged, it resulted in a violent closing of ranks that excluded her from the work she'd come to love. Drawing on years of firsthand experience on the frontlines of fire, followed by years of research into the science and history of fire, \u003ci\u003eHotshot \u003c\/i\u003ealso reckons with our fraught stewardship of the land--how federal fire policy is maladapted to the realities of fire-prone landscapes and how it has led to ever more severe fire seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHotshot \u003c\/i\u003eis a work of intimacy and authority, nimbly merging a personal journey of reinvention and self-acceptance with expert insight into the textured history of ecological systems and Indigenous land tending, the modern practices that have led to their imbalance, and the people who fight fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e River Selby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802149499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802149497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlantic Monthly Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"River Selby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46383848292607,"sku":"9780802149497","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_364ae1af-1808-4194-b3f4-90d207637f49.jpg?v=1733281854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hotshot-river-selby-9780802149497","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}