Currowan : the story of fire and a community during Australia's worst summer [large print]
Adcock, Bronwyn2022
Large Print
Total copies: 1
Ignited by a lightning strike in a remote forest, the Currowan fire was one of the most terrifying episodes of Australia's Black Summer. It burnt for seventy-four days, consuming nearly 5,000 square kilometres of land, destroying well over 500 homes, and leaving many people shattered. In the aftermath, there were questions. Why were resources so few that many faced the flames alone? Why was there back-burning on a day of extreme fire danger? Why weren't they better prepared? Bronwyn Adcock fled the inferno with her children. Her husband, firefighting at the front, rang with a plea for help before his phone went dead, leaving her to fear whether he would make it out alive. Now Bronwyn tells her story, and those of many others - what they saw, thought, and felt as they battled that blaze of never-before-seen intensity.
Main title:
Author:
Adcock, Bronwyn, author
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
Leicester : Ulverscroft, Aurora, 2022.
Collation:
294 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Audience:
Adult.
ISBN:
9781787829374
Dewey class:
363.37909944
Language:
English
Subject:
Adcock, BronwynNatural disasters -- New South Wales -- CurrowanNatural disasters -- New South Wales -- Currowan -- Social aspectsWildfires -- New South Wales -- CurrowanForest fires -- New South Wales -- CurrowanWildfires -- Australia -- History -- 21st centuryForest fires -- Australia -- History -- 21st centuryNatural disasters -- Environmental aspects -- Australia -- 21st centuryNatural disasters -- Social aspects -- AustraliaDisaster victims -- AustraliaCurrowan (N.S.W.) -- HistoryAutobiographiesLarge type books
BRN:
611982