He then turned his attention to the Mann Gulch fire of 1949, in which 13 smoke jumpers lost their lives within two hours of parachuting into the gulch. Young Men and Fire is a work of nonfiction, ...

Families were out in full force to enjoy a day of tubing and sledding at Steamboat Gulch as this recreational area will be open all week from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

In Maclean’s case, he started investigating the Mann Gulch fire in earnest after a long career in academia (and long after a shorter career as a wildfire firefighter). He was born in 1902; he took ...