John MacLean's well written book, Fire on the Mountain is a minute by minute account of a fire on Bureau of Land Management's Storm King Mountain in 1994 where fourteen firefighters lost their lives because of political ineptitude, agency bad blood, poor leadership and communications and just plain bad luck. MacLean's father, Norman MacLean, is the author of Young Men and Fire and the story of the Mann Gulch fire. Both are acclaimed New York Times book review authors.
- Review: Fire on the Mountain - by John MaClean
- Review: Young Men and Fire - by Norman MacLean
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The very best one is The Big Burn by Timothy Egan! The focus is the catastrophic fire that burned across through the Couer d’Alene and Lolo N.F in 1910. This fire and the early rangers like Ed Pulaski who (by example) changed the Forest Service from its un-funded beginnings into a professional agency.