(Download PDF/Epub) Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire Writen By Lizzie Johnson

Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire

By : Lizzie Johnson

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The definitive firsthand account of California's Camp Fire--the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century--and a riveting examination of what went wrong and how to avert future tragedies as the climate crisis unfoldsOn November 8, 2018, the people of Paradise, California, awoke to a mottled gray sky and gusty winds. Soon the Camp Fire was upon them, gobbling an acre a second. Less than two hours after it ignited, residents were trapped in flames, cremated in their homes and cars. By the next morning, eighty-five people were dead.San Francisco Chronicle reporter Lizzie Johnson was there as the town of Paradise burned. She saw the smoldering rubble of a historic covered bridge and the beloved Black Bear Diner, and she stayed long afterward, visiting shelters, hotels, and makeshift camps. Drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting and reams of public records, including 911 calls and testimony from a grand jury investigation, Johnson provides a minute-by-minute account of the Camp Fire,

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Author : Lizzie Johnson

Pages : 432 pages

Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : 56024292

ISBN-13 : 9780593136386

 
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