Name: Fire on the Mountain
ISBN: 9780061829611

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Why This Clicks

Fire and Consequence

A focused reconstruction follows how early errors compounded into a firefighting tragedy.

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A close look at the 1994 Colorado wildfire
The human cost of decisions under pressure

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A reconstruction of the fire and its aftermath
Fourteen firefighters lost their lives battling the blaze

Book Details

Authors: John N. Maclean
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: December 8, 2009
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Western U.S. History · Southwest U.S. History
Reading lane: Western U.S. History

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U.S. State & Local History
19th-Century America
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Middle Atlantic History
Midwest History
Southwest U.S. History
Western U.S. History

About This Book

In 1994, a wildfire on Colorado's Storm King Mountain was wrongly identified at the outset as occurring in South Canyon. This unintentional, seemingly minor human error was merely the first in a string of mistakes that would be compounded into one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting. Before it was done, fourteen courageous firefighters—men and women, hotshots, smokejumpers, and helicopter crew—would lose their lives battling the deadly, so-called South Ca...

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In 1994, a wildfire on Colorado's Storm King Mountain was wrongly identified at the outset as occurring in South Canyon. This unintentional, seemingly minor human error was merely the first in a string of mistakes that would be compounded into one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting. Before it was done, fourteen courageous firefighters—men and women, hotshots, smokejumpers, and helicopter crew—would lose their lives battling the deadly, so-called South Canyon blaze. John N. Maclean’s award-winning national bestseller Fire on the Mountain is a stunning reconstruction of the killer conflagration and its aftermath.