August 5 - the 75th anniversary of the Mann Gulch fire. The fire made Life Magazine and impacted many individuals, but had little institutional or social influence until Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire, posthumously published in 1992, connected wildland fire with the wider culture.

I just listened to the podcast Cautionary Tales by Tim Harford on this subject. You probably know everything they talk about, but it was all new to me. Cautionary Tales – Embracing the Escape Fire (with Adam Grant) 2nd August, 2024