Reviews

"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.

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In 1992 Norman Maclean published Young Men and Fire, an account of the deadly 1949 Mann Gulch fire in Montana. Two years later the horror was relived when 14 firefighters, including four women, died when a fire blew up on Storm King Mountain in Colorado. Maclean's son John, a former reporter and editor for the Chicago Tribune, now writes his own account of the fatal Colorado fire. While lacking the urgency of his late father's work (the elder Maclean revealed that he was dying and was thus rushing to complete his investigation), this is nonetheless a gripping account of a more recent tragedy that probably could have been avoided. The benefits of hindsight notwithstanding, Maclean unravels a host of lost opportunities, snafus, and human failings that combined with horrific consequences. Expect high demand for this moving and gripping account of human tragedy, as it will be heavily promoted. Recommended for public and academic libraries.ÄDaniel D. Liestman, Kansas State Univ. Lib., Manhattan Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

"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.

RIVETING.