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Paperback – October 15, 2013
by Katrina Hoover (Author)
Deputies ran from house to house, shouting to the people. Y’all need to evacuate! One yelled to a child. Where’s your mom and dad? The child pointed. The deputy looked that direction and they ran off together, the child and the deputy, suddenly united by the adrenaline of escape. Down the road there were hurried fists on front doors. No polite pauses between knocks-these were desperate pounding crashes on top of each other. Exclamation marks punctuated every spoken word. Hearts lurched as people recognized the biting smell of smoke.
Stunned at the orders to evacuate, residents of Bastrop, Texas, left their homes full of irreplaceable memorabilia and fled to safety. They had little time to gather even the most essential possessions.
Inferno in the Lost Pines is filled with stories of people who had to make fast decisions when chased by a forest fire, and thoughtful decisions when moving into an unexpected future. Would they be able to find any shreds of grace and redemption in their smoldering circumstances?
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Paperback – December 4, 2014
by Jeff Peck (Author)
In Australia, Christmas comes in the middle of the summer—and this is the hottest one anyone can remember. The O’Day family’s sheep farm is ravaged by drought and wildfires and it looks like a year without presents for eight-year-old Ned and 16-year-old Sarah. That is, until Ned catches sight of an old man with a long, white beard! Based on a popular feature film that has become a holiday classic, this is the heartwarming story of a family overcoming the worst of odds—and a little boy’s dreams that bring a whole community together in the true spirit of Christmas
Kindle Edition
by Sandra Millers Younger (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
The Fire Outside My Window: A Survivor Tells the True Story of California's Epic Cedar Fire is both a poignant memoir and a veteran journalist's narrative nonfiction account of the largest known wildfire in California history, a catastrophic event that crippled postcard-perfect San Diego and dominated international headlines in October 2003.
Hardcover – January 1, 1968
by Gerard Schultz (Author)
Hardcover – January 1, 1986
by Richard Martin Stern (Author)
Limns a portrait of a catastrophic forest fire in New Mexico's Samrio National Forest, where a prolonged drought, the homes that fringe the forest, campers, and two escaped convicts are the ingredients for disaster
Hardcover – March 1, 2006
by Erich Krauss (Author), RCFD Deputy Chief Mike Bell (Foreword)
A dramatic look from the front lines at the most devastating fire siege in California history With over seven miles of urban/wildland interface unburned for thirty years and beautiful homes lacing in and out of its picturesque hilly terrain, Rancho Cucamonga was a powder keg--one that finally exploded in October 2003 with a ferocity no one could have expected. Now, Erich Krauss brings you to the ever-shifting front lines of the battle against the catastrophic inferno, the rugged terrain, and the ferocious winds, where municipal and wildland firefighters joined forces to save thousands of homes and lives. Wall of Flame recalls the unprecedented events surrounding the Grand Prix Fire, revealing the moments of apparent indecision, the lack of coordination, and even how local, state, and federal firefighters--each with missions that at times opposed one another--put their differences aside for the greater good in order to save Southern California. With each passing hour, the fire grew larger and their task more immense. Mistakes were made. Plans collapsed. Even the most seasoned firefighters felt the world close in. But they persevered. After all, it was their city, their homes, and their loved ones they were entrusted to protect. Their community was counting on them to save their homes and all the history they had wrapped up in them. This was a battle they could not afford to lose.(1928): Harry Yount, of Yellowstone, the first National Park Ranger Kindle Edition
by Horace M. Albright(Author), Frank J. Taylor (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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