If you click on the King Spruce tag at the bottom of the entry, you can see excerpts from the book that I've posted on other occasions, and that'll give you a taste of what it's like. Also, this entry (http://asakiyume.livejournal.com/405920.html#cutid1) has a marvelous illustration of Mr. Barrett tied to a tree in the path of the fire that Kate Arden set.