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Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
Fire on the Mountain The True Story of the South Canyon Fire
Author: John N. Maclean
When, on the morning of July 3, 1994, the site of a forest fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado was wrongly recorded as taking place at South Canyon, it became the first of a series of seemingly small human errors that, three days later, led to the deaths of fourteen fire fighters, including four women. Fire on the Mountain sets out to...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780688144777
ISBN-10: 0688144772
Publication Date: 10/6/1999
Pages: 288
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Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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reviewed Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire on + 24 more book reviews
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Poignant, sometimes aggravating, always enthralling.
suzyshadow avatar reviewed Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire on + 125 more book reviews
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I read this book because my sister and her family lived on the other side of Storm King Mountain. After the fire my nephew decided to go into forest fire fighting because he idolized those people who put their lives on the line, while the bureaucrats were doing their petty in-fighting and game playing. I got so angry reading this account that at times I had to put it down for several days before continuing. This is an excellent book and should be read by everyone. It's not pretty, but it is important.
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amke avatar reviewed Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire on + 7 more book reviews
I found this book quite interesting and it makes you wonder what those last few minutes were like for these folks. Not a fun way to go. MaClean has a very easy writing style to read. I enjoyed it.


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