$40.47
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2024
Summary
From the author of Storm, a breathtaking novel about a raging fire and the path of destruction and change it leaves in its wake.
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 origi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681378473 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1681378477 |
| Author: | George R. Stewart, Emma Rothschild |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 203mm |
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George R. Stewart
George R. Stewart (1895-1980) was born in Pennsylvania and educated at Princeton. He received his Ph.D. in English literature from Columbia in 1922 and joined the English faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1924. He was a sociologist, toponymist, and founding member of the American Name Society, and the author of more than twenty books, including Storm and Names on the Land.
Emma Rothschild is an economic historian who currently serves as the Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History at Harvard University. She has published five books, most of which cover economic European history and the development of economic thought.
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