Timothy Egan
Reading &\; Signing
Wednesday\, November 18th 7\:00 pm
THE BIG BURN
In THE WORST HARD TIME\, Timothy Egan put the environmental disaster of the Dust Bowl at the center of a rich history\, told through characters he brought to indelible life. Now he performs the same alchemy with the Big Burn\, the largest-ever forest fire in America and the tragedy that cemented Teddy Roosevelt's legacy in the land.
On the afternoon of August 20\, 1910\, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington\, Idaho\, Montana\, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged\, destroying towns and timber in an eyeblink. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men -- college boys\, day-workers\, immigrants from mining camps -- to fight the fires. But no living person had seen anything like those flames\, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them.
Egan narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire with unstoppable dramatic force\, through the eyes of the people who lived it. Equally dramatic\, though\, is the larger story he tells of outsized president Teddy Roosevelt and his chief forester Gifford Pinchot. Pioneering the notion of conservation\, Roosevelt and Pinchot did nothing less than create the idea of public land as our national treasure\, owned by every citizen. The robber barons fought him and the rangers charged with protecting the reserves\, but even as TR's national forests were smoldering they were saved\: The heroism shown by those same rangers turned public opinion permanently in favor of the forests\, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.
THE BIG BURN tells an epic story\, paints a moving portrait of the people who lived it\, and offers a critical cautionary tale for our time.
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Gingerbread Houses and Signing
GINGERBREAD FROM THE HEART
1\:30 pm
F&\;F Downtown
TOM RAU
Signing
THE CROW'S PHILOSOPHY
4\:00 to 5\:30 pm
F&\;F On Campus
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Signing
YES WE ARE!
5\:00 to 7\:00 pm
F&\;F Downtown
Heidi Anderson
Signing
GOODNIGHT TINY MOUSE
11\:00 to 1\:00
F&\;F Downtown
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Signing
TIPU'S TIGER RECIPE BOOK
1\:00 to 3\:00 pm
F&\;F Downtown
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Signing
JUST PERFECT
2\:00 to 4\:00 pm
F&\;F Downtown
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Signing
HOW IT LOOKS GOING BACK
1\:00 to 3\:00 pm
F&\;F Downtown
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Presentation &\; Signing
BORDER TO BORDER\:
HISTORIC QUILTS AND QUILTMAKERS OF MONTANA
7\:00 pm
F&\;F Downtown
This lecture series\, "\;Put Your Writing to Work"\;\,
will feature three different professionals who use writing in their
various careers. The lectures will take place on the second Thursdays
of October\, November\, and December.
The talk on December 10th will feature Joyce Brusin\, who is a prominent freelancer in the Missoula area. Join her as she talks about her career in writing!
Read more on Joyce's description of her work\:
A full-time freelancer\, I specialize in researching\, writing\, and
editing materials for medical publishers and Continuing Medical
Education (CME) providers. I also research\, write\, and edit consumer
health education materials. I take pride in making dense scientific
material readable and interesting\, and providing accurate and timely
information that professionals and consumers can put to immediate use.
I also provide research\, writing\, editing\, proofreading\, and indexing
services to general interest and scholarly publishers.
I am a published essayist\, features writer\, and book reviewer who
freelanced part-time for many years before starting my own freelance
writing and editing business.
SHERRY JONES
Signing
THE SWORD OF MEDINA
10\:30 to Noon
F&\;F Downtown