| Lit by a spark but rooted in the region's worst drought on record, the summer of 2002's Missionary Ridge Fire transformed Southwest Colorado, burning 57 homes and 70,085 acres, leaving a bitter legacy of debris flows and showcasing La Plata County's greatest strength--community. Jim Greenhill wrote the text of "Fire in the Sky," named best nonfiction essay book by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. The book documents the region's biggest fire in words, maps and dozens of color photographs by the staff of The Durango Herald. It is in its second printing. |
