“This is what we do. The real thing!”
– Capt. Larry Tucker, LA County Fire Dept.
*****
“An exciting and emotional tale of wildland firefighters.”
– Melissa Schwagerl, Wildland Firefighter Foundation.
*****
“A wonderful story, I didn't want the book to end.”
– Paul Sans, Battalion Chief, CalFire.
One Foot in the Black
A Novel About Wildland Firefighters
Driven from home by an abusive father, Greg Kowalski heads west to California to become a seasonal firefighter. As he struggles to build a new life, Greg comes of age when his helitak crew faces a fatal firestorm.
Malibu resident Kurt Kamm has used his experience in several devastating local wildfires and his access to Los Angeles County firefighters to write a compelling novel about the life of a wildland firefighter. He has lived through several fires in Malibu. The October 2007 Canyon Fire, a seventy mile per hour Santa Ana wind driven inferno, burned to his front door.
