Go Tell It on the Mountain

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Summary: What it's like to be a lookout, and why we do it
Review: As an experienced fire lookout I can vouch for the authenticity of these stories. This book is the real thing. It was a joy for me to read the accounts of my brothers and sisters on the mountaintops. These stories bring it all back: the lonely splendors, the hair raising lightning strikes, the columns of smoke on the horizon. being a lookout, like being a lighthouse keeper, is one of the last occupations performed in total solitude. For those of us that could hack it, it was a religious experience. Alas like the lighthouses, the lookouts are going the way of the dodo. Here's a chance, readers, to see what its like to spend a summer on the mountaintop.