A review by seano312
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America by Timothy Egan

5.0

The story of the 1910 fire is a must read of any fan of Teddy Roosevelt and the progressive movement of the early 20th Century.

It's a story of many heroes, many victims, and an implacable force and how none were unaffected.

There are few domestic events in our country that has as broad an impact. It changed the course of presidential power, it changed the face of the American west, and it altered how man fight disasters to this very day.

Highly recommended.