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'Wildfire Days': Author Kelly Ramsey recounts her days as a hotshot firefighter

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published July 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM CDT

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We revisit host Peter O’Dowd’s June 2025 conversation with Kelly Ramsey about her book “Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West” in which she tells the story of the two seasons she worked as a hotshot firefighter in California. The book came out in paperback June 23.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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