It was October of 1947, & Maine was as dry as a tinderbox. Then the sparks started flying. Before the conflagrations ended a week later, 200,000 acres had burned, countless historic buildings were consumed, & 15 people lost their lives. It was an event that left an indelible mark on the people of Maine, & this is the definitive account, now in its third edition, of the crucial days in which Mainers fought to save their state. "If this were fiction...