Several interesting books have been written about lookouts, anything from lookout life to lookout site documentation. Here's a small sampling of titles. Several of them, unfortunately, are out of print.

Baird, Iris W. and Chris Haartz. A Field Guide To New Hampshire Firetowers. Published for the Third Annual Conference of the Forest Fire Lookout Association, 1992.

Barr, Peter J. Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers. Winston-Salem NC: John F. Blair, 2008.

Bates, Malcolm S. Three Fingers: The Mountain, The Men and A Lookout. Seattle: Mountaineers Press, 1987.

Beaty, Jeanne Kellar. Lookout Wife. New York: Random House, 1953.

Calahan, David. Snow Camp Lookout: View With A Room, Mouse Included. Medford: In-Forms Publishing, 1996. To order, call David directly at (541) 899-7282.

English, Jane and Bonnie Eddy, ed. Mount Shasta's Black Butte. 2006.

Evans, Mary Ann. Fire In Their Eyes: Sequoia National Forest Lookouts. 2006.

Foley, Tom and Tish Steinfeld. How To Rent A Fire Lookout In The Pacific Northwest. Berkeley: The Wilderness Press, 1996.

Freeman, John P. Views From On High: Fire Tower Trails in the Adirondacks and Catskills. Lake George NY: Adirondack Mountain Club Inc., 2001.

Gatesy, Carolyne I. Firetowers, Lookouts & Rustic Cabins For Rent. Glastonbury CT: Bear Mountain Press, 1997.

Green Mountain Club. 360 Degrees: A Guide to Vermont's Fire and Observation Towers. Waterbury Center: Green Mountain Club, 2005.

Hardy, Martha. Tatoosh. Seattle: Mountaineers Press, 1980.

Hatch, Judy. The Dragonfly of Lookout Mountain Mt Shasta: Earth Heart, 1996.*

Hilton, David N. From York To The Allagash: Forest Fire Lookouts Of Maine. Greenville: Moosehead Communications, 1997.

Holland, Andy. Switchbacks. Seattle: Mountaineers Press, 1980.

Holstine, Craig E. Forgotten Corner: A History Of The Colville National Forest, Washington. Colville: Statesman-Examiner, Inc., 1987.

Johnson, Alice A. Walls Of Glass On A Mountaintop. Laramie: Jelm Mountain Publications, 1990.

Laskey, Paul. The Fire Observation Towers of New York State. Ballston Spa, NY: MKL Publishing, 2003.

Kresek, Ray. Fire Lookouts Of The Northwest. Fairfield: Ye Galleon Press, 1984, 1998.

Maughan, Jackie Johnson. Go Tell It On The Mountain: A Collection Of Essays, Stories, And Journal Writings By Fire Lookouts. Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1996.

Newman, Doug. Finding Fire: A Personal History of Fire Lookouts in Lane County, Oregon. Eugene OR: Lane County Historical Society, 2007.

Podskoch, Martin. Adirondack Fire Towers: Their History and Lore, The Southern Districts. Fleischmanns NY: Purple Moutain Press, 2003.

Podskoch, Martin. Fire Towers of the Catskills: Their History and Lore. Fleischmanns NY: Purple Mountain Press, 2000.

Pomeroy, Pete. The Mallory Burn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1971.*

Potter, Mike. Fire Lookout Hikes In The Canadian Rockies. Banff: Luminous Compositions, 1998 & 2008 (updated).

Scheese, Don. Mountains of Memory: A Fire Lookout's Life in the River of No Return Wilderness. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2001.

Spring, Ira and Byron Fish. Lookouts: Firewatchers Of The Cascades And Olympics. Seattle: Mountaineers Press, 1980 & 1996.

Stratton, Sharon. Between Forest and Sky: A Fire-Tower Journal. Surrey BC: Heritage House Publishing Company, 2006.

Suiter, John. Poets on the Peaks. Washington D.C.: Counterpoint, 2002.

U.S. Forest Service. The Lookout Cookbook Region One. Colville: Reissued by the Stevens County Historical Society, 1986.

Wall, Cynthia. Firewatch! Newington CT: The American Radio Relay League, 1993.*

Vail, Esther C. Snow King Lookout. Ginn and Company, 1964.*

Wheeler, Ruth. Smoke In The Sky. Mountain View CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1956.*

Yahr, Warren. Smokechaser. Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1995.

*=Fiction