Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1992.). 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 it. Published posthumously. Illustrated with photographs, maps. Publisher's note, xiv, 301 pp. ISBN: 0-226-500616.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A suspenseful story that could all too easily become reality - fourteen wild fires raging through the tinder-dry terrain of the hills surrounding and running through Los Angeles create a flaming hell on earth. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-671-25135x.