Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover - The story of the August 5, 1949 fire in Mann Gulch, Montana, which left 12 smoke-jumpers dead within hours after they leaped from the plane. Maclean, the author of "A River Runs Through It," was obsessed by this fire and spent years researching. Published posthumously. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's note, viii, 301 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-226-500616.