Before We Were Heroes: Southern Fires

Summary

Before wildland firefighters were seen as heroes, they were cursed, threatened, and run off from the very communities they were trying to save. In Before We Were Heroes: Southern Fires, Bill Beebe a 30-year veteran forester and firefighter who served on National Type 1 Incident Management Teams across Arkansas, Alaska, and the nation pulls back the curtain on an untold chapter of American history. This isn't the version told at retirement banquets. This is the raw, gripping story of a brotherhoo...