Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire - Hardcover

Maclean, John N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688144772 ISBN 13: 9780688144777

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1999

Synopsis

An amazing true account of the Colorado South Canyon Fire examines, through interviews and previously unavailable papers, the circumstances of the fire and the errors that cost fourteen firefighters their lives. 75,000 first printing. Tour.

About this title

Review:

"The Denver Post" Like his father [Norman Maclean, author of "Young Men and Fire]," Maclean has written a work that will be read and reread for years.

"The Washington Post Book Review"

RIVETING.

"The Washington Post Book Review"

RIVETING.

"The Denver Post"

Like his father [Norman Maclean, author of "Young Men and Fire]," Maclean has written a work that will be read and reread for years.

"The New York Times Book Review"

"Fire on the Mountain" renews our awe of and reverence for fire's primal, inextinguishable essence, which crosses state lines, lifetimes and generations.

"The Washington Post Book Review"RIVETING.

"The Denver Post"Like his father [Norman Maclean, author of "Young Men and Fire]," Maclean has written a work that will be read and reread for years.

"The New York Times Book Review""Fire on the Mountain" renews our awe of and reverence for fire's primal, inextinguishable essence, which crosses state lines, lifetimes and generations.

From the Back Cover:

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 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, smoke jumpers, and helicopter crew--would lose their lives battling the deadly so-called South Canyon blaze.

John N. Maclean's award-winning national bestseller Fire on the Mountain is a stunning reconstruction of the killer conflagration and its aftermath--a page-turning true adventure of nature at its most unforgiving, and a powerful, indelible portrait of a unique breed of heroes who regularly and without question place their lives on the line.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0688144772
• ISBN 13: 9780688144777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 275