Fire in Paradise : an American tragedy

Title
Fire in Paradise : an American tragedy

Author
Gee, Alastair, author.

ISBN
9781324005148

Edition
1st ed.

Physical Description
244 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Contents
Paradise. A gold rush town ; Off the grid ; Firebrands -- Hell. Daybreak ; Stay or go ; The cemetary ; The day after -- Ashes and seeds. A city dispersed ; Search and recovery ; A pile of ashes ; The perfect fire.

Subject Term
Wildfires -- California -- Paradise.
 
Fires -- Casualties.
 
Natural disasters -- California.
 
Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects.
 
First responders.
 
Fire extinction -- Accidents -- California.

Geographic Term
Paradise (Calif.)

Added Author
Anguiano, Dani

Summary
Bay Area-based reporters for The Guardian, Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano, relate the story of the worst American wildfire in a century, weaving together a portrait of the remarkable California community of 27,000 souls, destroyed wholesale in a fire that left 86 dead, while offering a bigger-picture exploration of the science of wildfires in a time of dramatic climate change. Alastair Gee is a seasoned science/nature writer based in San Francisco and Dani Anguiano is a local reporter from nearby Chico, who personally knows many of the heroes, first responders, and victims.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)363.34 GEENonfiction Collection
Oakdale Library363.34 GEENonfiction Collection
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)363.34 GEENonfiction Collection
Stillwater Public Library363.34 GEENonfiction Collection