Media 22: The Big Burn

[Aaron Zagrodnick]

In the American West there are certain characteristics that define this land: wide open spaces, the Rockies climbing to the sky and areas that are still truly wilderness. Another part of the defining characteristics of the American West are wildfires. Both a destructive force but also a necessary part of the natural cycle, wildfires shape not only the natural landscape but also the political process and the lifestyle of the modern American West. And one of the most important of these wildfire events is the Great Fire of 1910…

Paul Magnanti reviews this entertaining and educational film below in Issue 22:

The Big Burn

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