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-HONORED BY THE WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA AND WESTERN FICTIONEERS-

DEREK BURNETT

SELECTED ARTICLES

Articles and images are the intellectual property of the publications in which they appeared.

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The Story Behind the Stories at Reader's Digest -- Reader's Digest July 2025

A Mother, a Daughter, and Minutes of Air -- Reader's Digest India October 2025

When Hurricane Helene Hit, Asheville, North Carolina Banded Together--and Became 2025's Nicest Place in America-- Reader's Digest September 2025

What's Ailing Our Doctors? -- Reader's Digest September 2024

Bear Attack: The Story of Seven Boys and One Grizzly -- Reader's Digest June 2014

Plagued by a Youth Suicide Epidemic, Provo, Utah Worked Together to Find a Remedy--And Became 2024's Nicest Place in America -- Reader's Digest, October 2024

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Meet the Man Who Saved a Stranger Being Electrocuted by Live Train Tracks Reader's Digest, September 2023

This Man Spent Days in a Swamp after Losing his Arm to an Alligator Reader's Digest July 2023

Is a Global Sanctuary Movement an Answer to the Refugee Crisis? Sojourners May 2018

The Big-Rig Crisis: How We Fail our Truckers Reader's Digest June 2023

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Corporate Greed: These Companies Deceived America for Profit Reader's Digest October 2016

How Charities Spend Your Money: Eye-Opening Truths to Read Before You Donate Reader's Digest, December-January 2016

This Father and Son Saved a Fisherman After he Fell Overboard Reader's Digest, May 2022

Meet the Kind Strangers who Became Christmas Elves to Children in Need Reader's Digest, November 2022

This Man Jumped off a Bridge to Save a Child after a Car Accident Reader's Digest, July-August 2022

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