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Get the Summary of John Vaillant's Fire Weather in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In May 2016, a wildfire near Fort McMurray, Canada's oil hub, rapidly expanded, leading to the evacuation of nearly 100,000 people and the destruction of more than 2,500 structures. The fire burned for months, becoming Canada's most expensive natural disaster. Journalist John Vaillant's Fire Weather (2023) frames the catastrophe as...
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"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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PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce • Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for...
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