Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History28 reviews Denise Gess, William Lutz Holt Paperbacks, 2003 Riviting read + catastrophe brought vividly to life on the page. + Forgotten American Disaster + Nature Gone Mad             Young Men and Fire77 reviews Norman Maclean University Of Chicago Press, 1993 A Must Have + Young Men and Fire + Great book + One of the best books I ever read + One of the best books I have ever read             Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire39 reviews John N. Maclean William Morrow, 1999 Still Learning + Fire on the Mountain + Great Book!!! Great Writing!!! Very Easy To Read!!! + Gripping + Blowout!             Disaster! The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 190617 reviews Dan Kurzman see notes for publisher info, 2001 Earthquake, Wind And Fire... + History through anecdotes + "A blazing red. . . a hot red, a consuming red" + An Interesting, Anecdotal History             The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story of America's Deadliest Hotel Fire14 reviews Sam Heys, Allen B. Goodwin Longstreet Pr, 1993 MY GRANDFATHERS PICTURE + great read + MY GRANDFATHERS PICTURE + Always Think Twice             The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy68 reviews Stewart O'Nan Anchor, 2001 EVERYTHING INCLUDED! + Very good book about a tragic event + Haunting and absorbing + Hard to Put Down             Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire53 reviews Murry A. Taylor Harvest/HBJ Book, 2001 Jumping Fire + What's smokejumping *really* like? Read this book and find out! + great book + Great Book on Wildland Firefighting! + Smokejumper's, wow!             Triangle: The Fire That Changed America55 reviews David Von Drehle Grove/Atlantic, 2003 Powerful book about an American tragedy + A thorough and fascinating look into an American tragedy + Well written and well researched + yesterday's fire is more than yesterday's news + Superb, start to finish             Inside the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire12 reviews Ron Elliott Turner Publishing Company (KY), 1996 In An Age of Glitz and Glamour! + A Horrifying Event Well Told + Great Reminder + An Excellent Study of the Details Behind this Disaster             So Others Might Live: A History of New York's Bravest--The FDNY from 1700 to the Present7 reviews Terry Golway Basic Books, 2002 Double Buffs delight + Simply Breath Taking + If you like the FDNY, if you want to know its History, this is the book! + A Wonderful History + So Others Might Live             The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow5 reviews Richard F. Bales McFarland & Company, 2002 Superbly detailed, tightly argued, and convincing + FASCINATING! + Finally some justice for the cow! + DID THE COW DO IT?             3000 Degrees: The True Story of a Deadly Fire and the Men Who Fought It20 reviews Sean Flynn Warner Books, 2002 Riviting + Riveting true story written with empathy and grace + the book that started my addiction... + Realistic and compassionate. + WORCESTER not WORCHESTER - Keep the H out of it             City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle25 reviews Bill Minutaglio HarperCollins, 2003 No, it's not non-fiction... + Seller + Harrowing story of the this nations worst industrail accident. + Texas City Remembers             Ghosts of the Fireground: Echoes of the Great Peshtigo Fire and the Calling of a Wildland Firefighter12 reviews Peter M. Leschak HarperOne, 2002 2 books for the price of 1 + An excellent read, better than expected + Just Another Wildland Firefighter This is the first book I read about wildland firefighting. An employee of mine found this book and gave it to me. I got my red card earlier this year and she thought I would like the book. She was right. Since then I have read Fire on the Mountain and Young Men and Fire. So far this one is my ...             Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Book.)2 reviews Stephen J. Pyne University of Washington Press, 1997 The Best Book on the Subject + Culture and Fire This book is a must read for any person interested in the cutlural effect of wild and rural land fire. The book is accessible to everybody, it is well writen and light on technical jargon. Pyne undertook a momentous task by writing this book, nothing like it exisited like it when it was first ...             The Great Fire of London: In That Apocalyptic Year, 16669 reviews Neil Hanson John Wiley & Sons, 2002 A Nice Popular History + A Dramatic Read + Maps This is a history for the nonhistorian. That is not meant as a criticism. It is meant as a selling point. There are not thousands of footnotes, but do you really read those things? This book should interest historians, people who travel frequently to London and the general reading public who are ...             Cocoanut Grove6 reviews Edward Keyes Atheneum Books, 1984 Accurate revealing account of history This is an excellent book. It's just a tiny bit on the dry side, but that's not a criticism. The book sets the scene by creating an excellent picture of life in the early 1940's, and describes the events and people involved in what is certainly the best-known fire disaster in American History. ...             Report from Engine Co. 8236 reviews Dennis Smith Grand Central Publishing, 1999 For those wanting a career in fire, this is step one... + not as dated as you'd think: more relevant now than ever + Report + A good look back + My Perspective on "Report from Engine Co. 82"             Keepers of the Flame: The Role of Fire in American Culture, 1775-1925 Margaret Hindle Hazen, Robert M. Hazen Princeton Univ Pr, 1992 "For, Lo! We live in an Iron Age--In the age of Steam and Fire!" wrote a poet mesmerized by the engines that were transforming American transportation, agriculture, and industry during his lifetime. Indeed, by the nineteenth century fire had become America's leitmotif--for good and for ill. "Keeping the flame" was deadly serious: even the slightest lapse of attention could convert a fire from ...             The Texas City Disaster, 194710 reviews Hugh W. Stephens University of Texas Press, 1997 pipi + MATTER OF FACT BOOK + Texas History Reference + Little Known Event