The Big Burn

Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan...it took me awhile to read this book.  Partially because I was reading several other things at the same time and partially because there were parts of this book that didn't interest me as much as others.  However the story of the fire that burned Montana, Idaho, and Washington kept me VERY interested.  The book follows several key characters that were around for the fire and follows what happened to them as a result.  The book also has a lot of politics.  Relationships between Teddy Roosevelt and William H Taft...and conservationists, and such.  It was interesting, but it didn't hold me as much as the account of the fire.