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An experts report from the front lines where wildland fires keep getting hotter, bigger, and more dangerous to the men and women who fight them In 2002, more than seven million acres were burned at a fire-fighting cost of over a billion dollars. Are wilderness fires now a tragic and enduring feature of the American landscape? John N. Maclean, author of the acclaimed Fire on the Mountain , offers a view from the front lines, combining action-packed storytelling with moving insights about firefighters and informed analysis of firefighting strategy past and present. Beginning with a riveting account of the worst case of arson in wildfire history, the 1953 Rattlesnake Fire in Mendocino National Forest, which claimed the lives of fifteen firefighters, Maclean explains the mysterious dynamics of fire, and the courage and techniques required to combat it. One such mystery underlines the life- threatening 1999 Sadler Fire in Nevada when a line of flames suddenly blew up, trapping six firefighters mistakenly placed in harms way. For the final story Maclean returns to Mann Gulch, the site of his fathers classic Young Men and Fire , to interview the last survivor of the worst disaster in the

Who reads Fire and ashes : on the front lines of American wildfire?

Author

John N. Maclean

Publisher

A JOHN MACRAE BOOK

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805072129

Category

science

Subjects

Social Science, Agriculture, Science

Rating

4.8 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14