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Non-Fiction

Chautauquas

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1. I'm glad I saw your post

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Nov 19, 2023, 05:43 PM

Nov 2023

because now I want to read that book. I recommend another book - about the 1949 Mann Gulch fire in Montana that took the lives of 12 or 13 smoke jumpers. The author is Norman Maclean, who also wrote A River Runs Through It, and the title of the book is Young Men and Fire.

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I'm glad I saw your post Chautauquas Nov 2023 #1

Thanks for the recommendation. nt sl8 Nov 2023 #2

I Agree, Young Men and Fire is Terrific! The Roux Comes First Nov 2023 #3