β Gee, Alastair, author
π Library
π
2020
π New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company
π English
244 pages : 24 cm
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Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy
β Scribed by Dani Anguiano; Alastair Gee
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The harrowing story of the most destructive American wildfire in a century.
On November 8, 2018, the ferocious Camp Fire razed nearly every home in Paradise, California, and killed at least 85 people. Journalists Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano reported on Paradise from the day the fire began and conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with residents, firefighters and police, and scientific experts. Fire in Paradise is their dramatic narrative of the disaster and an unforgettable story of an American town at the forefront of the climate emergency.
β¦ Subjects
History; Nature; Sociology; Nonfiction; HIS036140; NAT023000; SOC040000
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