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Copyright © 2023 by John Vaillant

Frontmatter maps by Ana Luisa Ortega Juarez

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Vaillant, John, author.

Title: Fire weather : a true story from a hotter world / John Vaillant.

Description: First United States edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf,

2023. | A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf. | Includes

bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022044338 | ISBN 9781524732851 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780525434245 (paperback) | ISBN 9781524732868 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Forest fires—North America—History. | Wildfires—North America—History. | Climatic changes. | Forest fires—Environmental aspects.

Classification: LCC SD421.34.N67 V35 2023 | DDC 363.37/9—dc23/eng/20221118

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2022044338

ISBN: 978-1-524-73285-1 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-1-524-73286-8 (eBook)

Ebook ISBN 9781524732868

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Cover design by Chip Kidd

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