Nick RaesideNick Raeside was seven years old when he fought his first fire--barefoot--in New Zealand. After upgrading to sandals, learning to make napalm on the kitchen stove and moving to Canada, he headed straight for the woods. He worked a vaiety of jobs including forest firefighter, land surveyor's chainman, forestry official and, of course, slashburner. This is his first book. He lives in Nanoose Bay, BC. Read More Read Less