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false <![CDATA[Fire]]> 1269498 3 <div> Spitcat, a raging forest fire in the Sierra Nevada of California, had a lifespan of merely eleven days, "yet its effects could be reckoned ahead in centuries." So writes George R. Stewart in this engrossing novel of a fire started by lightning in the dry heat of September, and fanned out of control by unexpected winds. The book begins with the origins of the fire—smoldering quietly at first, unnoticed, then suddenly bursting into a terrifying inferno, devouring trees and animals over acre after acre and leaving nothing but desolation in its wake. Firefighters and lookouts, forest rangers and smokejumpers—as well as animals in the forest, many of them the bewildered victims of the blaze, and all the varied tress and bushes there—are characters of this realistic story. </div> 1258415 1971 Fire total:5|5:3|4:1|3:1| 5 22 6 1 5 0 false false Tue Nov 18 17:50:28 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 17:51:01 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 10:28:43 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 10:28:43 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun May 17 18:44:41 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 18:44:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 06:52:28 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 06:52:28 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 23 20:57:52 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 20:57:52 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Mar 24 10:03:12 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 10:03:12 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1269498