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Fire weather : the making of a beast / John Vaillant.
"In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires--and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735273160 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2023.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Climatic changes. Forest fires > Environmental aspects. Forest fires > North America > History. Wildfires > North America > History. |
Available copies
- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 363.379 Vai | 31681010324259 | NONFIC | Checked out | 01/20/2026 |
JOHN VAILLANTâs acclaimed, award-winning nonfiction books, The Golden Spruce and The Tiger, were national bestsellers. His debut novel, The Jaguarâs Children, was a finalist for the Rogers Writersâ Trust Fiction Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award. Vaillant has received the Governor Generalâs Literary Award, British Columbiaâs National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize, and the Pearson Writersâ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. He has written for, among others, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and The Walrus. He lives in Vancouver.
Twitter: @JohnVaillant
