Fire Weather
2023 book by John Vaillant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fire Weather: A True Story From a Hotter World is a 2023 book by Canadian-American journalist John Vaillant published by Knopf, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House. The book details the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire which led to the evacuation of more than 88,000 residents of Fort McMurray, in the province of Alberta, Canada and the destruction of much of the town.
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Author | John Vaillant |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Knopf[1] |
Publication date | 2023 |
Pages | 432 |
ISBN | 9781524732851 |
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The book was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction as well as the winner of the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction.[2][3] The book was also selected as one of the notable books of 2023 by The New York Times and one of the must-read books of 2023 by Time.[4][5]