Michelin Red Guide - French Language Edition: France (Michelin Red Hotel & Restaurant Guides) Michelin ( February, 2004 ) Book Our Price : £ 11.19 List Price : £ 15.99 You save £4.8 (30% off) Prices subject to change. usually dispatched within 24 hours.

I couldnt put it down!

I dont do much reading, but this book kept me captivated from the moment I picked it up. Books based on true stories can be dry and uninteresting; however, MacLean combines fact, speculation, and emotion in a way that keeps the reader clamoring for more. I was inspired to read "Young Men and Fire" after hearing Richard Shindell sing James Keelaghans song, "Cold Missouri Waters" (based on MacLeans book) on the "Cry Cry Cry" CD. After reading this book, I feel compelled to visit the 13 crosses marking the tragic ending for those men on that Mann Gulch hillside.

One of the best books that I have ever read! Honestly!

Yong Men and Fire is one of the best books that I have ever read. Norman Maclean brings to life the struggles that we endure during and after a tragety. The struggles of the dead, the survivors, the public and the ones closest to the tragety. And the ones that search for the real truth, atleast as close to it as we can get. A truely wonderful book that deserves to be read.

A great cross-over between history and fiction

My husband read this book a few years ago when it was first plublished. At the time I wasnt much interested in what appeared to me to be a story about fighting a fire, probably filled with alot of facts I couldnt understand. It was not until I read an article about MacLean and how he did not publish (or complete for that matter)any of his works until he was in his 70s that I became curious about him. I first read "A River Runs Through It, then went down to our basement to dig out "Young Men and Fire" Lately I have developed the greatest admiration for those writers who can bridge the gap between non-fiction and fiction. My favorite writer to do this was Mari Sandoz, but MacLean has done it also. This is not the same as historical fiction, which makes up a story based loosely on fact. This is a style the majority of which is based on known facts, but where we cannot possibly know the facts, such as a mans thoughts in the last moments before his death, the author uses, not imagination, but experience and research to fill in these gaps credibly. While I was correct in my assumption that this book would have alot of information I didnt understand, it took nothing away from it for me. All I can say is, I wish MacLean had started his writing sooner, so that I would have had alot more of his work to read!