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Summary: The Story
Review: (...)These two people I have met while I was in Glenwood last year and they are just down to earth people, who was there for the first lightening strike and they are just telling a story. They know a few of the fellow firefighters who were in the fire, and they know deep inside that these people are honest and caring and loving people. This is just a story to tell what went on from the beginning to the end. Correct some of the grammar is incorrect and etc. But if you just read the story with warmth and compassion, then you will understand the sadness that came about on that mountain... The Indians knew the land as of being Sacred. So should all who have been on the mountain since. Climb the mountain, feel the sadness, and the love left behind.
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Summary: On Storm King Mountain: The Legacy...the Lesson
Review: A powerful portrayal of brave and heroic men and women who fought against the insurmountable odds of nature. The Authors did a great job in researching the material and bringing this tragedy to public attention though their book.
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Summary: A nice mix of reporting and research
Review: An exceptional first book by two writers whose first-hand experience with the storm and subsequent fire lent unusual intensity to the account.
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Summary: Lame attempt to cash in on a tragedy
Review: As someone who was personally involved in this incident and who knows as much or more about it than most, this book was insulting. Much of its so called "factual information" is incorrect. The wild speculations made are laughable. Here are two people who just happened to be in Glenwood Springs in July 1994 thinking that gives them some kind of "direct connection" to the tragedy. What a joke. Beyond the incredible and obvious attempt to make money from a disaster, the production of the book is as amateurish as the writing. It looks like it was produced on an old photocopier. Please, don't waste your time and money on this junk.
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Summary: On Stormking Mountain..The Legacy..The Lesson
Review: I have read this book. Two people giving their personal accounts of what happened while they were there on vacation. The strike on the cover lets you know the intent of such lightening storms. Their book gives an insight to the before and the after of the town of Glenwood Springs. And the mountain being a part of it, makes me want to go and visit the memorial site and climb the mountain. Then come back and soak in the Hot Springs. They give an account of what happened once the storm came in and what prevailed the next few days made me see life in a different view.
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Summary: Sometimes extraordinary things happen to ordinary people!
Review: It was the summer of 94. The media and most public attention became transfixed and mesmerized by certain Los Angeles sports figure and his trials and tribulations. On a remote mountainside in Western Colorado,there are firefighters battling the forces of nature, wind and fire. The extreme drought and abundant vegetation and the mountain itself it would become a battle they would not(could not)win. More than fifty books,and countless interviews and television shows were dedicated to the O.J.experience. Only a handful of books and the like are about the selfless and dedicated individuals who would lose their lives on Storm King Mountain and the ones who would survive it. This would become one of the deadliest disaters in modern fire fighting history. This under publicized even of nature and subsequent tragedy was in deed an extraordinary one. This was an event in need of little embellishment, or pretense. This was real, all to real. There was everything present on that mountain, for a few days in July. Selfless acts of bravery,the human will to survive ironic twists of fate and more. This was human drama in all its aspects. Although more than five years old, Storm King is fast becoming a timeless enigma. There has been much speculation by so called experts. Now with more guilt,blame and second-guessing of the survivors and those who perished on the mountain. The experts how can they know? Were they up there? The stress,the fear and the panic of the firefighters felt must have been enormous when things went bad and the firestorm turned on them. What went wrong? Logistics? Not enought individuals or equipment. The leadership, decision breakdowns, a "Can Do" and go direct attitude of many of the firefighters, perhaps some of these things, perhaps none of them. Most of the government agencies, officials and the like,put the prior investigations in terms of black and white, good and bad, right and wrong. When nature is concerned, there is a gray or unknown area. After all, this was a lightening started fire. It is to the end that we wrote this book. When we left on our vacation in early July 94, we did so with no premonitions or preconceived ideas. We are not naturalists or conservationists. Perhaps we were the perfect guinea pigs to be part of the extraordinary sequence of events yet to unfold. The problem was how can a personal experience be part of such a historical and tragic event. We discovered it was not easy linking the two, coming to the realization the two were part of the same story. Much growing, consciously, and sole searching would ensue over the next five years. We wanted to write a factual story based on government reports, newspaper articles, and interviews. With time certain other facts and revelations have come to light, which we tried to include. Perhaps we have some insight because we were there before, during and after. Storm King Mountain itself is shrouded in mystery and history. It is a timeless place unchanged for many, many years. Still criss crossed with game trails, the Ute Indians probably knew the mountain well, or avoided it altogether. It is steep and rocky with hidden danger, flash floods, land and mudslides, fires and more. Two steep and narrow canyons or drainage's run to the South and East, with a saddle or ridge separting the two, that sit below Storm King. The saddles connect Storm King with a 2,000-foot knoll that is a 1/4 mile to the South. The knoll towers over highway I-70. This was the point of origin and inception where the fire got its spark. The mountain already has a reputation with the local people of Glenwood Springs. "Storm King Mountain creates it's own weather, its own storms," said one local resident. The mountain is in the middle of our country and the prevailing westerly winds. Doubtless to say, the mountain and the people who live near have seen their share of strange and violent mountain storms over the years. No storm was as strange, violent or full of intent as the one we witnessed on the afternoon of July 2nd, 1994. The mountain would add to its reputation albeit a dark one. There are places on this earth that are strongholds of nature, this is her realm and we are subject to and at the mercy of her will, her whims. Storm King Mountain is such a place. Timeless, rugged and undaunted.The Legacy, The Lesson continues...
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Summary: Don't expect John McLean
Review: Its a shame that one star is the lowest rating we can give. This book doesnt even deserve that. I had to stop reading the book due to its MANY grammatical errors. This is an English teachers WORST NIGHTMARE. It might have been a good book with the help of an editor. I recommend "Fire On The Mountain", by John M. Maclean, INSTEAD of this book.
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Summary: A Lesson on how NOT to write a book
Review: Its a shame that one star is the lowest rating we can give. This book doesnt even deserve that. I had to stop reading the book due to its MANY grammatical errors. This is an English teachers WORST NIGHTMARE. It might have been a good book with the help of an editor. I recommend "Fire On The Mountain", by John M. Maclean, INSTEAD of this book.
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Summary: Good story with awful grammer. Where was the editor?
Review: Someone spent a great deal of time and energy gathering information and researching for this book. The potential for a very good book was there. The writer admits he flunked out of English in college, knowing this he should have used a proof reader. At times the grammer is so I bad I had trouble reading the book. The story deserved better.
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Summary: Could have been a good book
Review: The information in this book could have been excellent if it were not shadowed by the terrible grammar. I was unable to finish reading the book because of the errors. I find it a shame that this book is for sale and that some of the readers may assume the misuse of the English language is an acceptable way to write. I am an average person and I would have paid someone to proofread my book if I were to have it published, as I too make grammatical errors. With some more work this would be an excellent account of Storm King Mountain.
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