A Great Day to Fight Fire: Mann Gulch, 1949

by Mark Matthews

Book Overview

Mann Gulch, Montana, 1949. Sixteen men ventured into hell to fight a raging wildfire; only three came out alive. Searing the fire into the nation's consciousness, Norman Maclean chronicled the Mann Gulch tragedy in his award-winning book Young Men and Fire. Still, the silence of the victims' families robbed Maclean's account of an essential personal dimension. Shifting the focus from the fire to the men who fought it, Mark Matthews now provides...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806140348
• ISBN13: 9780806140346
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"