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National Book Award-winning author Timothy Egan recalls the largest forest fire in American history. On August 20, 1910, drought-ravaged areas of Washington, Idaho, and Montana went up in flames as winds created a massive blaze . A group of 10,000 men were organized by forest rangers to stop the fire that destroyed small towns and national forests. Mr. Egan recalls the struggles of the fire-fighters and President Teddy Roosevelt's interests in preserving forest land. Timothy Egan discusses his book at Fact & Fiction bookstore in Missoula, Montana. The Big Burn was selected by the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and Kansas City Star as one of their top books of 2009.
Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan is the author of several books, including The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, which was awarded the 2006 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He shared the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for a series he co-wrote about race in America for the New York Times. Mr. Egan currently writes a weekly column, Outposts, for the New York Times. For more information, visit opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com.
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