{"product_id":"when-it-all-burns-fighting-fire-in-a-transformed-world","title":"When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World","description":"2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST\nCALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNER\nFINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE\nNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND KIRKUS\n\n“Exceptional. . . . When It All Burns is one of those books that immerses the reader in the nuances of a world most of us know only through the lens of tragedy and destruction. Thomas’ visceral, crystalline prose only adds fuel to the fire.” —Los Angeles Times\n\nA gripping firsthand account of a record-setting fire season, from a cultural anthropologist who spent a year working as a hotshot firefighter, exploring the history and future of fire in America\n\nEighteen of California’s largest wildfires on record have burned in the past two decades. Scientists recently invented the term “megafire” to describe wildfires that behave in ways that would have been nearly impossible just a generation ago, burning through winter, exploding in the night, and devastating landscapes historically impervious to incendiary destruction.\n\nIn When It All Burns, wildland firefighter and anthropologist Jordan Thomas recounts a single, brutal six-month fire season with the Los Padres Hotshots—the special forces of America’s firefighters. Being a hotshot is among the most difficult jobs on earth. Thomas viscerally renders his crew’s attempts to battle flames that are often too destructive to contain. He uncovers the hidden cultural history of megafires, revealing how humanity’s symbiotic relationship with wildfire became a war—and what can be done to change it back.\n\nThomas weaves ecology and the history of Indigenous peoples' oppression, federal forestry, and the growth of the fire industrial complex into a riveting narrative about a new phase in the climate crisis. It's an immersive story of community in the most perilous of circumstances, told with humor, humility, and affection.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 059354482X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.059354482X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Thomas, Jordan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41768094761018,"sku":"DBV.059354482X.G","price":10.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/059354482X-0.jpg?v=1792291153","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/when-it-all-burns-fighting-fire-in-a-transformed-world","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}