Young Men and Fire: A True Story of the Mann Gulch Fire
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Science & Math
Book Type: Hardcover
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Science & Math
Book Type: Hardcover
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A true story of the Mann Gulch Fire.
On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen Smokejumpers, the United States Forest Services elite airborne firefighter's, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Less than two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were dead or fatally burned. Exactly what happened in Mann Gulch that day has been obscurred by years of grief and controversy. Now a master astoryteller finally gives the Mann Gulch fire its due as tragedy.
On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen Smokejumpers, the United States Forest Services elite airborne firefighter's, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Less than two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were dead or fatally burned. Exactly what happened in Mann Gulch that day has been obscurred by years of grief and controversy. Now a master astoryteller finally gives the Mann Gulch fire its due as tragedy.
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