Fire and Ashes : On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires

Fire and Ashes : On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires

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Book Description
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.

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.

Fire and Ashes: On the Front Lines Battling Wildfires,John N. Maclean,Owl Books,0805075917,Disasters & Disaster Relief,Natural Disasters,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Sociology,Nature / General

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