Gunflint Burning

Cary J. Griffith is the author of four books, including Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods; Opening Goliath, winner of the 2010 Minnesota Book Award; Wolves, winner of a Midwest Book Award; and Sava

Contents
Map of the Ham Lake Fire
Abbreviations
Prologue: Bob Monehan’s Place
Before the Storm
1. Stephen Posniak
2. The Weather Begins to Turn
3. The Burning of Windigo Lodge
Fire Day One
4. Preparation
5. Volunteers and Water
6. Posniak Strikes the Match
7. First Responders
8. A Growing Firefight
9. Witnesses
10. An Interrupted Journey
11. Front Lines
12. Questions
13. Spotting Out of Control
Fire Day Two
14. An Alarming Glow
15. The Evacuation Moves Forward and a Burnout Goes Awry
16. Managing Chaos
17. The Long Afternoon
18. Fire at the Tip of the Bay
19. Last Stand
Fire Day Three
20. Saving the Seagull Guard Station
21. In the Heart of the Heart of the Flames
22. Shock
23. The First Burn Out
The Big Burn Out
24. Backfire
25. Fire down the Line
26. Ham Lake Fire, Days 6–11
Aftermath
27. The Investigation
28. The Indictment
Epilogue
Sources and Acknowledgments
Index