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The Big Burn - by Jeanette Ingold (Paperback)

Name: The Big Burn - by Jeanette Ingold (Paperback)
Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
SKU: 1010328029
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Jarrett is sixteen--old enough to reject the railroad job his father wants him to take, old enough to court Lizbeth Whitcomb, old enough to join the fight against the forest fires that are destroying Idaho and Montana.
12 Years
7.0" x 4.5" Paperback
301 Pages
Young Adult Fiction, Historical

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About the Book

The 2003 Spur Award Winner for Juvenile Fiction is now in paperback. Ingold paints a portrait of an event of the summer of 1910 that altered the face of Montana and Idaho and changed the way wildfires are fought.

Book Synopsis

Jarrett is sixteen--old enough to reject the railroad job his father wants him to take, old enough to court Lizbeth Whitcomb, old enough to join the fight against the forest fires that are destroying Idaho and Montana. But the fires are worse than anyone dreamed, and soon the flames have has come between Jarrett and everything he holds dear, between Jarrett and Lizbeth, and thrown him into the company of a young black private named Seth, whose own plans to desert the army have been cut short by the disaster.

A about the biggest wildfire of the century--the big blow-up of 1910--The Big Burn is a portrait of a time, a place, and an event that changed the way we fight wildfires, altered the landscape of Idaho and Montana, and transformed forever the lives of the people at the front lines.

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2002

About the Author

JEANETTE INGOLD is the author of several acclaimed novels. She lives and writes in Montana.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 7.0 Inches (H) x 4.5 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)

Weight: .5 Pounds

Suggested Age: 12 Years

Number of Pages: 301

Genre: Young Adult Fiction

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

Theme: United States, 20th Century

Format: Paperback

Author: Jeanette Ingold

Language: English

Street Date: August 1, 2003

TCIN: 1010328029

UPC: 9780152049249

Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-0089

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.9 inches length x 4.5 inches width x 7 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.5 pounds

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