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Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned

by Joyce Butler

Maine’s 1947 fire disaster

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Maine’s 1947 fire disaster

Joyce Butler’s account reconstructs the October 1947 fires that followed months of drought and spread across more than 200,000 acres. It traces their reach from rural villages to Bar Harbor’s Millionaire’s Row and southern Maine’s beach resorts, while recording the scale of the destruction: nine communities nearly leveled, four more badly damaged, and fifteen lives lost. The book offers a state-and-local history of a defining disaster, focusing on how the fires began and moved through Maine’s communities.

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  • Readers interested in Maine and New England history
  • Those seeking accounts of historic disasters and their effects on communities

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Wildfire and droughtMaine historyCommunity destruction and lossDisaster’s spread across rural and coastal areas

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Book overview

In October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Climaxing months of drought, fires raged across more than 200,000 acres. Nine communities were practically leveled and four others severely damaged. Fifteen people lost their lives. Wildfire Loose describes how the fires started and spread so quickly through rural villages, down Millionaire's Row in Bar Harbor, and across southern Maine beach resorts. Originally published in 1979, it remains the definitive account of "The Week Maine Burned."
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