Burning Down the House (memoir)
Appearance
(Redirected from Burning Down the House: Fighting Fire and Losing Myself)
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Author | Russell Wangersky |
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Subject | Firefighting |
Genre | Non-fiction, memoir[1] |
Publisher | Thomas Allen Publishers |
Publication date | April 2009 |
Publication place | Canada |
Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Pages | 271 pp. |
ISBN | 9780887623295 |
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.[2]
Awards and honours
[edit]Burning Down the House received the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Goodreads, Burning Down the House, Book review, Retrieved 11/22/2012
- ^ a b Faculty of Arts, 2009, Edna Staebler Award Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It, Wilfrid Laurier University, Previous winners, Russell Wangersky, Retrieved 11/22/2012
External links
[edit]- Russell Wangersky, Home page