*Jordan Thomas* # Progressive Summary First half of the book covers the author's time with the hotshots, the top firefighters in California, during the pandemic, when megafires also started raging. In between gripping accounts of what it's like being a sawyer, someone who works with a chainsaw to cut a clear path around a fire in order to contain it, he also goes into the history of Indigenous practices of controlled burns, and the colonial # Definitions # Chapter Notes # Quotes > “Hey, man, have you, like, ever wondered what fire is?” > Before the words left my mouth, I realized how stupid they sounded. > “I know what fire is.” > “You do?” > “Yeah. It’s the exothermic chemical process of rapid oxidation.” # References