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Fire

by Sebastian Junger

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Publisher Comments:

Forest fires, terrorism, war: explorations of danger by the author of The Perfect Storm.

For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. Here is the same meticulous prose brought to bear on the inner workings of a terrifying elemental force; here is a cast of characters risking everything in an effort to bring that force under control.

Few writers have been to so many desperate corners of the globe as has Sebastian Junger; fewer still have provided such starkly memorable evocations of characters and events. From the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone to the logic of guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan and the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, this new collection of Junger's nonfiction will take you places you wouldn't dream of going to on your own.

Review:

"The ten pieces in this collection of magazine articles, one of which won a National Magazine Award for Reporting, have the authentic tang of dispatches from the front....What comes across here is the writer's overpowering sense of awe at the events he describes. He writes with a pressure-cooker urgency, though with the lid firmly in place: no screeching high notes here, but the steady, awful thrum of things going out of control and death standing by....Deeply affecting stories of a ruthless world, natural and man-made, that will leave you stunned and distraught." Kirkus Reviews

Synopsis:

Forest fires, terrorism, war: explorations of danger by the author of The Perfect Storm.

Synopsis:

For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. Here is the same meticulous prose brought to bear on the inner workings of a terrifying elemental force; here is a cast of characters risking everything in an effort to bring that force under control.

Few writers have been to so many desperate corners of the globe as has Sebastian Junger; fewer still have provided such starkly memorable evocations of characters and events. From the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone to the logic of guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan and the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, this new collection of Junger's nonfiction will take you places you wouldn't dream of going to on your own.

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About the Author

Sebastian Junger is the author of the international bestseller The Perfect Storm and a National Magazine Award-winning journalist. He lives in New York.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780393010466

Author:

Junger, Sebastian

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company

Location:

New York

Subject:

General

Subject:

Terrorism

Subject:

Modern - 20th Century

Subject:

World politics

Subject:

Natural Disasters

Subject:

Disasters

Subject:

Forest fires

Subject:

Urban warfare.

Subject:

Low-intensity conflicts

Subject:

Physics-Meteorology

Copyright:

2001

Edition Number:

1st ed.

Edition Description:

Lst

Series Volume:

#FPT 01-09

Publication Date:

20011031

Binding:

HARDCOVER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

240

Dimensions:

6" x 8"

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Product details 240 pages W W NORTON & CO - 2001-10-06 English 9780393010466 Reviews:

"Review" by Kirkus Reviews, "The ten pieces in this collection of magazine articles, one of which won a National Magazine Award for Reporting, have the authentic tang of dispatches from the front....What comes across here is the writer's overpowering sense of awe at the events he describes. He writes with a pressure-cooker urgency, though with the lid firmly in place: no screeching high notes here, but the steady, awful thrum of things going out of control and death standing by....Deeply affecting stories of a ruthless world, natural and man-made, that will leave you stunned and distraught."

"Synopsis" by Norton, Forest fires, terrorism, war: explorations of danger by the author of The Perfect Storm.

"Synopsis" by Norton, For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. Here is the same meticulous prose brought to bear on the inner workings of a terrifying elemental force; here is a cast of characters risking everything in an effort to bring that force under control.

Few writers have been to so many desperate corners of the globe as has Sebastian Junger; fewer still have provided such starkly memorable evocations of characters and events. From the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone to the logic of guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan and the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, this new collection of Junger's nonfiction will take you places you wouldn't dream of going to on your own.