{"product_id":"young-men-and-fire-norman-maclean-9780226475455","title":"Young Men and Fire: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition","description":"A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eYoung Men and Fire \u003c\/i\u003edescribes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy in \u003ci\u003eYoung Men and Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alongside Maclean's now-canonical \u003ci\u003eA River Runs through It and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYoung Men and Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis recognized today as a classic of the American West. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Maclean's later triumph--the last book he would write\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eincludes a powerful new foreword by Timothy Egan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Burn \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Worst Hard Time\u003c\/i\u003e. As moving and profound as when it was first published, \u003ci\u003eYoung Men and Fire\u003c\/i\u003e honors the literary legacy of a man who gave voice to an essential corner of the American soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman MacLean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022647545X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226475455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 1.40d","brand":"Norman MacLean","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913434202367,"sku":"9780226475455","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6fbed6d5-e927-4ca9-adf7-0322f36153aa.jpg?v=1680620393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/young-men-and-fire-norman-maclean-9780226475455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}