{"product_id":"fire-9781681378473","title":"Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eStorm\u003c\/i\u003e, a breathtaking novel about a raging fire and the path of destruction and change it leaves in its wake.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpitcat, a raging forest fire in the Sierra Nevada of California, had a lifespan of merely eleven days, \"yet its effects could be reckoned ahead in centuries.\" So writes George R. Stewart in this engrossing novel of a fire started by lightning in the dry heat of September, and fanned out of control by unexpected winds. The book begins with the origins of the fire--smoldering quietly at first, unnoticed, then suddenly bursting into a terrifying inferno, devouring trees and animals over acre after acre and leaving nothing but desolation in its wake. Firefighters and lookouts, forest rangers and smokejumpers--as well as animals in the forest, many of them the bewildered victims of the blaze, and all the varied trees and bushes there--are characters of this realistic story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681378473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"George R. Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391955169461,"sku":"9781681378473","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8ab9df39-0083-48a2-917b-b7d6fb3ce7fd.jpg?v=1719949406","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fire-9781681378473","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}