Content warning - we will be talking about the loss of life from fires, including past lives lost during the Great Fire of 1666, Idaho in 1910, and others, as well as the recent fires in Hawaii.
American Library Association's Banned and Challenge Books
Questions, comments, concerns, recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org
Books/Authors We Mention
- Kit McBride Gets a Wife by Amy Barry
- The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert
- Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
- Pamela Clare
- James Rollins
- Robert Ludlum (Jason Bourne author)
- The Roommate Pact by Allison Ashley
- Exes and O's by Amy Lea
- If You Ask Me by Libby Hubscher (the book Jackie was trying to find at the end of the episode)
- Luxe series by Anna Godbersen
Images:
Sources:
- “The History Of Firefighting” (merrimacknh.gov, n.d.)
- “History of Firefighting” (firefighterfoundation.org.uk, n.d.)
- "The History of Wildland Firefighting" (NIFC.org, n.d.)
- "Wildland Fires: A Historical Perspective" (US Fire Administration, 2001)
- "The History and Evolution of Wildland Firefighting" (National Fire Fighter Wildland Corp, 2015)
- Wildland Firefighter Foundation, About
- "World’s First Fire Alarm System" (Computerimages.com, 2012)
- "Stop, Drop, and Roll: Firefighting in 20th Century Richmond" (Hughes/The Valentine)
- "The Modern Environmental Movement" (PBS.org)
- "The Great Fire of 1910" (fs.usda.org)
- "Hawaiian Electric takes responsibility for 1st fire, but faults county firefighters" (McDermott, 2023)
- "8 Irresistible Stories Featuring Men in Uniform" (Harlequin.com, 2017)
- "Out of a job – February 5 1923" (Chicago and Cook County Cemeteries, 2020)
***Firefighter gear only weighs around 45 pounds...oops
***Barbie has been pushed back until later this year :(
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