The Big Burn.Jeannette Jeannette (jənĕt`), city (1990 pop. 11,221), Westmoreland co., SW Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh; laid out 1888, inc. as a city 1937. Located in a coal and natural gas area, Jeannette produces machinery, plastics, and specialty glass. Ingold. 2002. Read by Boyd Boyd may refer to any of the following: People See Boyd (surname) The name Boyd has Irish roots that originally meant "blondheaded". Fictional characters
vinyl chloride a vinyl group to which an atom of chlorine is attached; the monomer which polymerizes to polyvinyl chloride; it is toxic ; author reader, plot notes. JS To quote from KLIATT's July 2002 review of the hardcover edition, "Ingold's novel, based on the events of the Big Burn, a massive forest tire in the Northwest in the summer of 1910, is complex, with frequent cutaways that enable the reader to follow the stories of three teenagers caught up in this calamity ... Ingold lives in Montana and is able to convey the beauty of the area where the tire struck. She describes the struggle against the overwhelming tire with great care--and it is a story of danger and drama," Actor Gaines' reading is fully voiced, expertly paced (hence easy to follow though the story switches between different people and places), and professionally done. The story is exciting but also instructive in·struc·tive adj. Conveying knowledge or information; enlightening. in·struc  tive·ly adv. and
informative--sadly relevant these days. The pre-WW I period and the
place of women and African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. in the rough, open western setting
are also well presented.
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