Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
A riveting account of the deadly Thirtymile fire and the controversy and recriminations that raged in its aftermath, from our premier chronicler of wildfires and those who fight them The Thirtymile fire in the remote North Cascade range near the Canadian border in Washington began as a simple mop-up operation. In a few hours, a series of catastrophic errors led to the entrapment and deaths of four members of the fire crew--two teen-age girls and two young men. Each had brought order and meaning to their lives by joining the fire world. Then the very flames they pursued turned on them, extinguishing their lives. When the victims were blamed for their own deaths, the charge brought a storm of controversy that undermined the firefighting community.Continuing a tradition established in his previous books, and by his father Norman's "Young Men and Fire," John N. Maclean serves as an unflinching guide to the rogue fire's unexpected violence--which is almost matched by the passions released by the official verdict of the blaze. Weaving together the astonishing stories told by the witnesses, the victims' family members, and the official reports, Maclean produces a dramatic narrative of a catastrophe that has changed the way fire is fought. More than anything, it is a story of humanity at risk when wildfire, ancient and unpredictable, breaks loose… (lisätietoja)
As a new volunteer firefighter and fellow author, I really enjoyed reading this book. I also read this author's book Fire on the Mountain and found both of these books well researched and written. The book flows like an excellent piece of fiction, although this fire happened and the agony for the survivors and victims' families and friends is vividly real.
I just hope authorities catch the people who started this tragic fire and bring them to justice.
Great writer. I recommend this book. Two thumbs up. ( )
In John N. Maclean's, The Thritymile Fire, the author attempts to solve the mystery of why four young and healthy wildland firefighters were killed by a raging fire storm. The deployment of the fire shelters they carried was not enough protection to save their lives. Why did they deploy in a rocky area above a road and river? Did the incident commander tell them to come down to the road -- where the other firefighters all survived the burn-over? Why did they reengage a fire that hours before they have backed away from because it was considered a "lost cause?" Investigating fire fatalities is in Maclean's genes. His father, Norman, wrote the popular book Young Men and Fire -- about the 1949 burn-over of a crew of smokejumpers on a fire in Montana; while John investigated the 1994 South Canyon wildland fire fatalities in Colorado. While the book is influenced by Maclean's opinions and speculations, its a must-read for the wildland fire and natural resource management communities. ( )
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
For my father and mother, Norman Fitzroy and Jessie Burns Maclean, in grateful memory
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Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
As Kathie FitzPatrick struggled to bring a bickering home buyer and seller to terms, she stole a glance at her watch.
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Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
The fluff streamed upward, turning silver in the sunshine, and the light wind sent a great billowing cloud of it up the canyon, over the rock slump, and beyond, bearing the message of the past into the future.
A riveting account of the deadly Thirtymile fire and the controversy and recriminations that raged in its aftermath, from our premier chronicler of wildfires and those who fight them The Thirtymile fire in the remote North Cascade range near the Canadian border in Washington began as a simple mop-up operation. In a few hours, a series of catastrophic errors led to the entrapment and deaths of four members of the fire crew--two teen-age girls and two young men. Each had brought order and meaning to their lives by joining the fire world. Then the very flames they pursued turned on them, extinguishing their lives. When the victims were blamed for their own deaths, the charge brought a storm of controversy that undermined the firefighting community.Continuing a tradition established in his previous books, and by his father Norman's "Young Men and Fire," John N. Maclean serves as an unflinching guide to the rogue fire's unexpected violence--which is almost matched by the passions released by the official verdict of the blaze. Weaving together the astonishing stories told by the witnesses, the victims' family members, and the official reports, Maclean produces a dramatic narrative of a catastrophe that has changed the way fire is fought. More than anything, it is a story of humanity at risk when wildfire, ancient and unpredictable, breaks loose
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I just hope authorities catch the people who started this tragic fire and bring them to justice.
Great writer. I recommend this book. Two thumbs up. (