No Grass - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Shawna Legarza (Author)Wildland firefighters, especially "hotshots," are a breed alone. It is a lifestyle many will never understand. They are dispa tched throughout the Nation, always ready to work in the very worst kind of disaster. They sleep wherever it's safe and often do not shower for weeks. So why would a young woman, reared on a Nevada cattle ranch, give up the open spaces for a life of danger? This is only one of the questions answered with humor and insight in Shawna Legarza's memoir, No Grass. After working her way through college as a firefighter, the author was part of the World Trade Center Recovery Efforts, where she met her husband who, like Legarza, was a firefighter. When he took his own life, the author mustered a new brand of courage and formed a non-for profit program to help the many physically and emotionally wounded firefighters, too brave to ask for help. This is a passionately told story, filled with determination and hope. Number of Pages: 182 Dimensions: 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 04, 2009 Show more