Bill Beebe

Bill Beebe is an author who wrote Before We Were Heroes: Southern Fires. Raised in the remote forests and riverlands of eastern Arkansas, his early life in the wilderness shaped his deep understanding of wildland. The book tells the story of 1970s wildland firefighters who battled both devastating f...

Before We Were Heroes: Southern Fires

By: Bill Beebe

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 backthe curtain on an untold chapter of American history. ...