Fire on the Mountain, 9780061829611
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Deadly wildfire’s tragic mistakes: courage, errors, and devastating loss.

Fire on the Mountain

the true story of the south canyon fire

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    8 December 2009

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Summary

Fire on the Mountain: A Tragedy Unfolds

In 1994, a wildfire on Colorado’s Storm King Mountain was wrongly identified at the outset as occurring in South Canyon. This unintentional, seemingly minor human error was merely the first in a string of mistakes that would be compounded into one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting. Before it was done, fourteen courageous firefighters–men and women, hotshots, smokejumpers, and helicopter crew–would lose their lives battlin…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780061829611
ISBN-10:0061829617
Author:John N. MacLean
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:HarperCollins Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:8 December 2009
Weight:227g
Dimensions:204mm x 131mm x 19mm
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About The Author

John N. MacLean

John N. Maclean is the author of Home Waters, a memoir of his family’s four-generation connection to Montana’s Blackfoot River, which his father, Norman Maclean, made famous in A River Runs through It. He spent thirty years at the Chicago Tribune, then wrote five nonfiction books about wildland fire that are considered a staple of fire literature. Maclean, an avid fly fisherman, lives in Washington, DC, and at a family cabin in Montana.

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