7.2 /10 1 Votes
Country Canada Pages 271 pp. Subject Firefighting | 3.6/5 Goodreads Publication date April 2009 Originally published April 2009 ISBN 9780887623295 Genres Non-fiction, Memoir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback) Publisher Thomas Allen & Son Limited Similar Russell Wangersky books, Memoirs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself is a non-fiction memoir, written by Canadian writer Russell Wangersky, first published in April 2009 by Thomas Allen Publishers. In the book, the author chronicles his experiences as a volunteer firefighter in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
Awards and honours
Burning Down the House received the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction.
References
Burning Down the House (book) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA