Young Men and Fire (Paperback)

from Randall.Hansen

Powerful, riveting, and moving account of one man's (Norman Maclean) journey of uncovering the truth behind the death of 13 young smokejumpers on the Mann Gulch fire in Montana in 1949. It's a stor...

from trek520

I read this book over 16 years ago yet every summer year-in and year-out, whenever I hear about raging forset fires somewhere in America or anywhere really; this book comes to mind. It's a true sto...

from jcbrunner

The tragedy of the Mann Gulch fire of 1949 in Montana cut thirteen lives short. A group of smokejumpers (parachute firefighters) sent out to contain a fire were trapped by the fire themselves and d...

from lindapanzo

Forest fires are expected to be put out by 10 o'clock in the morning after Smoke Jumpers are dropped on them. Alas, in the Mann Gulch fire of August, 1949, nearly all the 15 Smoke Jumpers (plus one...

from bezoar44

Maclean didn't get to finish editing this book, and the last third feels rougher than the rest. Still, this thoughtful, book length essay is amazing. The author spirals three times through the stor...