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My lost brothers : the untold story by the Yarnell Hill Fire's lone survivor

2016

Title:	My lost brothers : the untold story by the Yarnell Hill Fire's lone survivor / Brendan McDonough, with Stephan Talty.
Author:	McDonough, Brendan, author.
Format:	Book
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Hachette Books, [2016]. ©2016.
Description:	278 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary:	In this gripping memoir, the sole survivor of the disastrous 2013 fire in Yarnell, Arizona recalls the natural disaster that took the lives of 19 firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming an inveterate heroin addict when he decided to enlist in Granite Mountain, an elite hotshot crew of wildland firefighters based in Arizona. Thanks to his crew's firm but loving encouragement, McDonough made the cut and battled many extreme blazes alongside his newfound "brothers," receiving a life with purpose as part of a team. Then, on June 30, 2013, during a fire at which McDonough was serving as lookout, a freak inferno trapped and killed all 19 members of his crew. MY LOST BROTHERS traces McDonough's minute-by-minute account of witnessing his fellow hotshots' brave, selfless battle-as well as its aftermath.
Subjects:	Wildfires -- Arizona -- Yarnell. Fires -- Casualties -- Arizona -- Yarnell. Wildfire fighters -- Arizona -- Yarnell. Yarnell (Ariz.) -- History -- 21st century.
Other Author:	Talty, Stephan, author.
ISBN:	9780316308182
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Brendan McDonough is the only survivor of the 2013 fire at Yarnell. Today he is a public speaker and works with numerous nonprofits for veterans, police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services. He lives in Prescott, Arizona.

Stephan Talty is the co-author of A Captain's Duty, which was the basis for the film Captain Phillips, and wrote the New York Times bestseller Empire of Blue Water. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. - (Grand Central Pub)

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