Fire weather : a true story from a hotter world / John Vaillant
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023Edition: First editionDescription: 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781524732851; 1524732850; 9780525434245; 0525434240Subject(s): Forest fires -- North America -- History | Wildfires -- North America -- History | Climatic changes | Forest fires -- Environmental aspectsSummary: "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
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"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
"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
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