Earl Cooley; smoke jumper helped pioneer risky firefighting technique
... John MacLean called Mr. Cooley's book about the early days of the Forest Service, "Trimotor and Trail: Pioneer Smokejumpers'' (1984), "the most authoritative book from the inside about...
The Boston Globe,
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:43:32 GMT
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Earl Cooley, one of first smoke jumpers to make the leap, dies at 98
... John MacLean called Cooley's book about the early days of the Forest Service, "Trimotor and Trail: Pioneer Smokejumpers" (1984), "the most authoritative book from the inside about that...
The Standard-Times,
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:14:33 GMT
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