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Fire on the mountain : the true story of the South Canyon fire / John N. Maclean.
LIBRA SD421.32.C6 M235 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maclean, John N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wildfires--Colorado--Garfield County--Prevention.
- Wildfires.
- Colorado--Garfield County.
- Physical Description:
- 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : William Morrow, [1999]
- Summary:
- MacLean takes a long, hard look at the July 3, 1994, fire at Storm King Mountain in Colorado, where 14 firefighters, including four women, were killed. "Fire on the Mountain" offers deeply moving insights into the lives of the smoke jumpers, hot shots, and helitacks who fight forest fires and put their own well being on the line as part of their jobs. photo insert.
- Notes:
- Ports. on back endpaper.
- ISBN:
- 0688144772
- OCLC:
- 40881552
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