Year of Award
2023
Document Type
Thesis - Campus Access Only
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Degree Name
Creative Writing (Nonfiction)
Department or School/College
English
Committee Chair
Judy Blunt
Commitee Members
Christopher Dombrowski, Mark Sundeen
Keywords
lookout, Forest Service, wildfire, memoir
Publisher
University of Montana
Subject Categories
Literature in English, North America
Abstract
When Austin Hagwood first visited a rundown fire lookout on a mountain peak, he had no idea he would one day join the ranks of the few fire-watchers left in North America. A fateful phone call led him to southwest Montana, where he spent five summers living alone in a lookout 8,000 feet above sea level. This thesis is the story of those five seasons, months that led to love, knowledge of a place, and what we seek from wilderness itself.
Recommended Citation
Hagwood, Austin Gregory, "Fire Finder: Life as a Lookout in the Northern Rockies" (2023). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 12155.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/12155
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