Young Men and Fire

De: Norman Maclean

Narrado por: Corey M. Snow

On August 5, 1949, a crew of 15 of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for 40 years, Norman Maclean puts back together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy.

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A masterpiece by Maclean

This is a book I will forever keep on my audible shelf! The prose and narrative was amazing! A great performance! It should be a mandatory read/listen for any student of natural resources and American Western history.

How confusing early fire studies were

It was a very good read and enlightening! I enjoy learning about fire and while it's destroys so much but in doing so, the beauty of the green carpet of grass that comes back in the best of conditions and realization that some organisms need fire to be it's best.

SAMS required read. Doctrine Man reccommended.

i thought the audio version was well done. the story is a great study in team composition and communication.

Stories we need to hear

I am at a loss of words for how the author achieved both an epic story-telling and a research of a neglected historical event.

The Men Who Knew HELL!

This book has a way of grabbing you pulling you in and makes you dive deeper into wanting to understand forest fires.
Could not really understand what these men went tbro especially ones of such young age