BOISE - One of the worst natural disasters in 20th century American history happened here in Idaho. It was a wildfire called "The Big Blow-up" or "The Big Burn." The fire charred millions of acres ...

Nothing could have prepared them for the severity of the drought there in 1910. Fires broke out continually ... Egan’s best-selling book, The Big Burn provides a cautionary tale of heroism ...

Do they have any idea they’re pedaling directly into the heart of the 1910 Big Burn? The west fork of Placer Creek is a friendly little stream, trickling through a narrow canyon lined with ferns ...

“If 1910 taught us anything, it’s that fire can get here pretty quick.” Sources include: “Year of the Fires,” by Stephen J. Pyne; “The Big Burn,” by Stan Cohen ; “The Big Burn ...

The Big Burn by Timothy Egan tells the story of a wildfire that ripped through forests in Washington, Idaho and Montana. Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt In just two days in August 1910 ...

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The “Big Burn” of 1910 still holds the record for the largest fire season in the Northern Rockies. Hundreds of fires burned over 3 million acres – roughly the size of Connecticut – most in ...

Nothing could have prepared them for the severity of the drought there in 1910. Fires broke out continually ... Egan’s best-selling book, The Big Burn provides a cautionary tale of heroism ...

The confluence of wildfires that burned in Idaho and Montana in 1910—eventually christened the Big Burn—serves as the setting for this dramatic work of historical fiction. Gaines takes on a ...