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Norman 2009 Hardcover 280 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. MONTANA. A story of lost youth, broken hearts, and mankind's inability to conquer nature. Mann Gulch, ... Montana, 1949. Sixteen men ventured into hell to fight a raging wildfire; only three came out alive. Previous accounts of the disaster have lacked an essential personal dimension because of the silence of the victims' families. Shifting the focus from the fire to the men who fought it, Mark Matthews now provides that perspective. Not until 1999&emdash; the fiftieth anniversary of the fire&emdash; did people begin to talk openly about Mann Gulch. Matthews has garnered those thoughts to reveal the fire's devastating effects on the firefighters' family members, coworkers, and friends. In retelling the story of Mann Gulch, he draws on the testimony of the three survivors and interviews with former smoke jumpers of that era. The result is a moment-by-moment, heart-stopping re-creation of events. Matthews' stirring account renews our r Read more Show Less

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Mann Gulch, Montana, 1949. Sixteen men ventured into hell to fight a raging wildfire; only three came out alive. Searing the fire into the nation’s consciousness, Norman Maclean chronicled the Mann Gulch tragedy in his award-winning book Young Men and Fire. Still, the silence of the victims’ families robbed Maclean’s account of an essential personal dimension. Shifting the focus from the fire to the men who fought it, Mark Matthews now provides that perspective.

Not until 1999—the fiftieth anniversary of the fire—did people begin to talk openly about Mann Gulch. Matthews has garnered those thoughts to reveal how devastating the fire was to the ...

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Mann Gulch, Montana, 1949. Sixteen men ventured into hell to fight a raging wildfire; only three came out alive. Searing the fire into the nation’s consciousness, Norman Maclean chronicled the Mann Gulch tragedy in his award-winning book Young Men and Fire. Still, the silence of the victims’ families robbed Maclean’s account of an essential personal dimension. Shifting the focus from the fire to the men who fought it, Mark Matthews now provides that perspective.

Not until 1999—the fiftieth anniversary of the fire—did people begin to talk openly about Mann Gulch. Matthews has garnered those thoughts to reveal how devastating the fire was to the firefighters’ family members, coworkers, and friends. In retelling the story of Mann Gulch, he draws on the testimony of the three survivors—including never-before-published insights from the last living member of the team—and interviews with former smoke jumpers of that era. The result is a moment-by-moment, heart-stopping re-creation of events.

The Mann Gulch tragedy provoked the Forest Service to develop safety equipment and training programs, but fighting wildfires is still a perilous job.

Matthews’ stirring account renews our respect for one of nature’s primal forces. A heartbreakingly human story, it still haunts a firefighting community—and keeps today’s firefighters forever on guard.

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In early August 1949, a single bolt of lightning sparked a wildfire in Helena National Park in Montana. The so-called Mann Gulch blaze would kill 13 smokejumpers and change the course of American firefighting. Mark Matthews's narrative traces this rapidly moving calamity, recapturing the stories of the men who survived and the men who didn't.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780806138572
  • Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
  • Publication date: 10/28/2007
  • Pages: 280
  • Sales rank: 1,196,032
  • Product dimensions: 8.82 (w) x 5.86 (h) x 0.96 (d)

Meet the Author

A former wildland firefighter and freelance journalist, Mark Matthews is the author of Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line: Conscientious Objectors during World War II and A Great Day to Fight Fire: Mann Gulch, 1949.

Table of Contents


List of Illustrations     ix
Preface     xi
Acknowledgments     xv
Julie Reba     3
Stanley Reba     6
Philip McVey     12
Lightning     19
Jim Harrison     27
Fred Brauer     34
Fire     43
Bill Hellman     51
Robert Jansson     59
Eldon Diettert     68
Leonard Piper     77
Merle Stratton     83
Henry Thol Jr.     89
Earl Cooley     96
Jim Harrison     105
Marvin Sherman     112
David Navon     117
Robert Bennett     126
Wagner Dodge     133
Silas Thompson     138
Robert Jansson     144
Joseph Sylvia     151
Wagner Dodge     158
Walter Rumsey and Robert Sallee     162
Bill Hellman     171
Rescue Party     180
Joseph Sylvia     187
Lois Jansson     196
Julie Reba     204
Aftermath     217
Survivors     227
Note on Sources     233
Notes     237

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