A Great Day to Fight Fire: Mann Gulch, 1949

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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 that perspective.
Not until 1999-the fiftieth anniversary of the fire-did people begin to talk openly about Mann Gulch. Matthews has garnered those thoughts to reveal how devastating the fire was to the firefighters' family members, coworkers, and friends. In retelling the story of Mann Gulch, he draws on the testimony of the three survivors-including never-before-published insights from the last living member of the team-and interviews with former smoke jumpers of that era. The result is a moment-by-moment, heart-stopping re-creation of events.
The Mann Gulch tragedy provoked the Forest Service to develop safety equipment and training programs, but fighting wildfires is still a perilous job.
Matthews' stirring account renews our respect for one of nature's primal forces. A heartbreakingly human story, it still haunts a firefighting community-and keeps today's firefighters forever on guard.

Über den Autor

Mark Matthews is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a licensed professional counselor who has worked in behavioral health for over 20 years. He is the author of On the Lips of Children, Body of Christ, All Smoke Rises, and Milk-Blood. He is also the editor of, and a contributor to, Lullabies for Suffering and Garden of Fiends. His upcoming release, The Hobgoblin of Little Minds, will be available in January, 2021. He lives near Detroit with his family. Reach him at [...]

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780806140346
ISBN-10:	0806140348
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Matthews, Mark
Hersteller:	Longleaf Services on Behalf of University of Oklah
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Mark Matthews
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.10.2019
Gewicht:	0,404 kg