Young Men and Fire
First edition | |
| Author | Norman Maclean |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Wildfire |
| Genre | Non-fiction, Memoir |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 316 |
| ISBN | 0-226-50062-4 |
| OCLC | 59946699 |
Young Men and Fire is a 1992 non-fiction book written by Norman Maclean. It is Maclean's story of his quest to understand the Mann Gulch fire of 1949 in Montana's Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, and how it led to the deaths of 13 wildland firefighters, 12 of them members of the USFS Smokejumpers. The book was a national bestseller and won the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction.