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The Big Burn

The Big Burn

Posted on May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 by Rebecca Murray

9780700606771American Experience, TV’s most-watched history series, recently featured The Big Burn, the story of the largest fire in US history.  For first-hand accounts of the first forest rangers who fought the fire, there is no better source than “I’ll Never Fight Fire with My Bare Hands Again“ by Hal Rothman.

Tagged American Experience, Fire, Forest Ranger, Hal Rothman, I'll Never Fight Fire, PBS, The Big Burn
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