TITLE:
Fire weather : the making of a beast / John Vaillant.
By:
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada,
Physical Description:
415 p. : col. ill., maps.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada's petroleum industry and America's biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar disaster melted vehicles, turned entire neighborhoods into firebombs, and drove 88,000 people from their homes in a single afternoon. Through the lens of this apocalyptic conflagration -- the wildfire equivalent of Hurricane Katrina -- John Vaillant [the acclaimed award-winning novelist] warns that this was not a unique event but a shocking preview of what we must prepare for in a hotter, more flammable world. (...)
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780735273160
