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Burn: The Epic Story of Bushfire in Australia
Burn The Epic Story of Bushfire in Australia Author:Paul Collins Drawing on accounts of devastating conflagrations in Australia?s recent history, this grand narrative of cataclysmic fires chronicles legendary acts of heroism, stupidity, political incompetence, and environmental vandalism Down Under. The Black Thursday fire of 1851, which destroyed one quarter of Victoria; the Black Friday fires of 1939, which... more » incinerated thousands of hectares in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania; the Canberra inferno of 2003; and Black Saturday of February 2009 are some of the epic stories of bushfire recounted in this vivid and provocative exploration of the most fire-prone land on Earth.« less