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Into the Inferno by Stuart Palley

In the tradition of Young Men and Fire and Fire on the Mountain, Stuart Palley's memoir Into the Inferno documents eight years of devastating wildfire in California, showing how fire can transform a landscape as well as a soul ...

For nearly a decade, Palley has been on the front line of fire. He has witnessed homeowners on the worst day of their lives. He's seen puddles of aluminum where cars were once parked. He's watched as 150-foot walls of flame cascaded down mountainsides and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. And he's captured, time and again, the tireless commitment of firefighters as they work to save lives and homes, in terrain where fire always seems to have the upper hand.

In this memoir, Palley recalls how he went from learning to be safe on the fire line to a fire-savvy documentarian of wildfire and climate change. He covers some of California's largest, most destructive, and deadliest fires between 2012 and 2020, lugging his gear from the Wine Country Fire Siege to the Thomas Fire and ultimately to the Woolsey Fire in Malibu. And he shows how, in a relatively short span of time, fire season in California has grown into a perpetual crisis, requiring billions of dollars and thousands of firefighters each year.

Ultimately, the experiences, the voices, and the science shared in the memoir form an urgent call for climate action. Into the Inferno stands alongside Palley's photography to show just what kind of environmental tragedy we can expect if we do nothing.

Palley, Stuart: - Stuart Palley is a Southern California native with a background in photojournalism and history. He is a recognized expert on nighttime photography and has documented roughly 75 fires in five years, trained as a wildland firefighter, and traveled from the US/Mexico border in San Diego to the Shasta Trinity National Forest near Oregon to make the book's images.
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ISBN 13 9781094163697
ISBN 10 1094163694
Title Into the Inferno
Author Stuart Palley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Year published 2022-04-26
Number of pages 292
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.