Young Men and FireModern · Nonfiction, History, Nature
Young Men and Fire
1992 · 301 pages · Nonfiction
39
Modern
★ 4.02 on Goodreads · 8K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (1992). 4.02★ from 8K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
39Must-Read Score
- Critics44 out of 100 · counts 35%+18
- Readers38 out of 100 · counts 50%+21
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #77 of the 100 science and ideas books we rank
- #180 of the 220 history books we rank
- #257 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #917 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (1992)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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