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

by Lizzie Johnson

Book Overview

The definitive firsthand account of California's Camp Fire, the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century, Paradise is a riveting examination of what went wrong and how to avert future tragedies as the climate crisis unfolds.

"A tour de force story of wildfire and a terrifying look at what lies ahead."--San Francisco Chronicle (Best Books of the Year)

On November 8, 2018, the people of Paradise, California,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593136381
• ISBN13: 9780593136386
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Preventable

PARADISE by Lizzie Johnson This is the history of the town of Paradise, California, and some of the histories of its early settlers and modern inhabitants. As we all know, the town of Paradise was devastated by the CAMP FIRE in 2018. Paradise was a thriving town before the fire and now it is a struggling area. The book tells more personable details about some of the people who lived there and how the fire and evacuation impacted their lives. It is disheartening because the fire was found to be caused by a faulty PG&E line. This could have been prevented. 85 people lost their lives in this fire. I wanted to read the story of Paradise since I have family that is from there and other family members that live in the same county of Butte. I thought it good to be educated on the strife and struggles of the residents that had endured the heartbreak of the CAMP FIRE. Many thanks to #netgalley for the complimentary copy of #paradise I was under no obligation to post a review.