The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America is the story of the nation’s biggest wildfire – an apocalyptic blaze that burned an area the size of Connecticut in a weekend. No living person had ever seen a fire with the ferocity, speed, and destructive power of the Big Burn of 1910. Equally dramatic is the larger story of Teddy Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, and the creation myth of the U.S. Forest Service.
This program, a presentation by the book's author, Timothy Egan, was part of the Whatcom Reads Community Events of 2019. This event was recorded on March 7, 2019 at the Mount Baker Theatre.
