Burning Down the House (memoir)

Burning Down the House:
Fighting Fires and Losing Myself
First edition cover of Canadian release
AuthorRussell Wangersky
SubjectFirefighting
GenreNon-fiction, memoir[1]
PublisherThomas Allen Publishers
Publication date
April 2009
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages271 pp.
ISBN9780887623295

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

Burning Down the House received the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction.[2]

References

  1. ^ Goodreads, Burning Down the House, Book review, Retrieved 11/22/2012
  2. ^ 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


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