Offers a look at unique fires, such as the Great Chicago Fire, a fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, which killed 1,200 people, and fires set in Honolulu to control bubonic plague
On Thanksgiving, Grandma caught me looking through Grandpa’s bookcase and encouraged me to take one. I was looking for a wintery western when this one caught my eye. I would have liked talking to Grandpa about the stories in here. What he knew, what he learned, what he thought, what firefighting stories of his own he would add. I miss talking books with him. I’m gonna make Dad read and talk about it.