Firestorm. Black Saturday's Tragedy

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: The Glenvale School
Publisher Place: Bayswater
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 240 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This book is dedicated to all who lost so much on the darkest Saturday in Australias history. Australias worst natural disaster was a tragedy beyond belief that scarred Victoria physically and the whole Australian nation physiologically. Extreme temperatures, tornado-like wind speeds and tinder-dry land, culminated in the disaster we now know as Black Saturday. Before the sun would set on the blackest day in Australias history, thousands of hectares would become blackened landscape and an unparalleled loss of lives could only mean that many areas would never be the same again. This graphic pictorial record takes you through the conditions prior to the day, the horrific fires that destroyed both bush and townships alike, the amazing bravery of emergency services personnel and the tragic aftermath. Accounts from eye-witnesses describe a fire like never seen before, a wild fire that outran every warning system. All proceeds go to the CFA.

ISBN: 9780646521305