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Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines of American Wildfire

Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines of American Wildfire


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An expert's report from the front lines where wildland fires keep getting hotter, bigger, and more dangerous to the men and women who fight them In 2002, more than seven million acres were burned at a fire-fighting cost of over a billion dollars. Are wilderness fires now a tragic and enduring feature of the American landscape? John N. Maclean, author of the acclaimed "Fire on the Mountain," offers a view from the front lines, combining action-packed storytelling with moving insights about firefighters and informed analysis of firefighting strategy past and present. Beginning with a riveting account of the worst case of arson in wildfire history, the 1953 Rattlesnake Fire in Mendocino National Forest, which claimed the lives of fifteen firefighters, Maclean explains the mysterious dynamics of fire, and the courage and techniques required to combat it. One such mystery underlines the life- threatening 1999 Sadler Fire in Nevada when a line of flames suddenly blew up, trapping six firefighters mistakenly placed in harm's way. For the final story Maclean returns to Mann Gulch, the site of his father's classic "Young Men and Fire," to interview the last survivor of the worst disaster in the history of smoke jumping. From it we understand why fatal fires burn for generations. Offering a prescient view of the inevitable conflict between people, property, and nature, "Fire and Ashes" presents a riveting and emotional story, one that in many ways John Maclean was destined to tell.

About the Author :
John N. Maclean was a writer, reporter, and editor for the "Chicago Tribune" for thirty years. His first book, "Fire on the Mountain," was the MPBA best nonfiction title of 1999. A longtime student of wildfire, he assisted in the posthumous publication of "Young Men and Fire," which was written by his father, Norman Maclean. He divides his time between Washington, D.C., and Montana.

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"Like his father [Norman Maclean, author of Young Men and Fire] Maclean has written a work that will be read and reread for years." "Maclean's carefully crafted expose honors those dead . . . He has a tested reporter's punch." "Renews our sense of awe and reverence for fire's primal, inextinguishable essence, which crosses state lines, lifetimes and generations."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780805072129
  • Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
  • Publisher Imprint: Henry Holt & Company
  • Height: 241 mm
  • No of Pages: 238
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Weight: 494 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0805072128
  • Publisher Date: 02 Jun 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: On the Front Lines of American Wildfire
  • Width: 163 mm


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