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

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

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…

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