A memoir of trail maintenance, fire fighting, and flying on the Chelan Ranger District, Wenatchee National Forest by Rich Faletto

Author Rich Faletto brought his manuscript and dozens of pictures to this project, and Blue Creek Press helped him through the design, production and printing process. What we put together is a fine adventure story of life as a summer employee of the United States Forest Service in the mid-1960s.

In praise of Four-Eleven!

“In Four-Eleven! Pulaskis, Planes and Forest Fires, Rich Faletto has shared several missing pages with us about fire suppression activities on the Chelan District that reach back to the early 1940s. No other writer has addressed this subject, and therefore his work is extremely important for historical purposes. Whether you are a member of the U. S. Forest Service, family, friend or lover of the out of doors, this book will take you high into the back country above Lake Chelan and even higher into the skies over the Cascades.”

Bob Sheehan, Chelan District Ranger, U.S.F.S. Chelan, Wash.

“If you have ever wondered what it would be like to work for the U.S. Forest Service on a Trail Crew, fighting fire or flying fire patrol missions in the back country, this is the book for you. Rich takes us back to a time when this business was as much of an adventure as it was hard, and sometimes dangerous work. Four Eleven! brings the reader a new element of interest, excitement and drama about the history of the Chelan Ranger District of the Wenatchee National Forest.”

— Bill Moody, Former Manager, North Cascades Smokejumper Base, Winthrop, Washington

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