The Big Burn

This is an easy read and a very interesting one if you are at all curious about what forest fires are really like--how they get started, what kind of conditions forest fighters face, … This story details the events during a major forest fire in Idaho in 1910 where at least 90 people died and 2.5 mil......more

A quick little historical fiction book.......more

I worked for a burn crew for a while and I really enjoyed the book. Yes, it has a slow start, but you can't just jump into the fire. We need background. I thought this explained a lot of stuff well. I liked the relationship between the brothers and even the seemingly improved relationship of the fat......more

The Big Burn follows the lives of three complete strangers. Jarrett Logan is a sixteen-year-old who refuses to work on the railroad and fulfill his father's wishes. Lizbeth Whitcomb is a sixteen-year-old homesteader who desperately wants to stay on the land with her aunt Celia. Finally, Seth Brown,......more

It was pretty boring. The characters and their relationships were not very interesting and I didn't feel a connection to any of them or feel invested in the story at all. But it was informative and I did like the field notes throughout the book.......more