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Young Men and Fire (Audio Cassette) (Unabridged)
Young Men and Fire - Audio Cassette - Unabridged Author:Norman MacLean August 5, 1949, was a day that changed many lives forever. A fire threatened to engulf Mann Gulch in Montana's wilderness, and a crew of 15 U.S. Forest Service elite airborne firefighters stepped out of a C-47 to parachute to their job. However, the smoke jumpers were trapped by a "blowup," and by the end of the day 12 ... more »men had perished in the blaze. Norman Maclean (author of A River Runs Through It) spent the last 14 years of his life determined to sift through the grief and the controversy in search of the truth those young men faced on that hot August day. Maclean commemorates the tragedy in Young Men and Fire; by remembering that day and those lives, he addresses the profound themes of honor, death, compassion, rebirth, and the human spirit.
Unabridged - 4 cassettes - 6 hours - read by the author« less