Into the inferno A photographer's journey through California's megafires and fallout

Stuart Palley

Book - 2022

Stuart Palley's memoir Into the Inferno documents eight years of devastating wildfire in California, showing how fire can transform a landscape as well as a soul... For nearly a decade, Palley has been on the frontline of fire. He has witnessed homeowners on the worst day of their lives. He's seen puddles of aluminum where cars were once parked. He's watched as 150-foot walls of flame cascaded down mountainsides and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. And he's captured, time and again, the tireless commitment of firefighters as they work to save lives and homes, in terrain where fire always seems to have the upper hand. In this memoir, Palley recalls how he went from a rookie who was a danger to himself and others to a fire-...savvy documentarian of wildfire and climate change. He covers some of California's largest, most destructive, and deadliest fires between 2012 and 2020, lugging his gear from the Wine Country Fire Siege to the Thomas Fire and ultimately to the Woolsey Fire in Malibu. And he shows how, in a relatively short span of time, fire season in California has grown into a perpetual crisis, requiring billions of dollars and thousands of firefighters each year. Ultimately, the experiences, the voices, the science shared in the memoir form an urgent call for climate action. Into the Inferno stands alongside Palley's photography to show just what kind of environmental tragedy we can expect if we do nothing.

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Subjects
Genres
Autobiographies
Personal narratives
Published
Ashland, Oregon : Blackstone Publishing 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Stuart Palley (author)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
"Version 2"--Title page verso.
Physical Description
xv unnumbered pages, 259 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-256).
ISBN
9781094163697
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dreams of Fire
  • 2. High Fire Hazard Severity Area
  • 3. Access to Wildfires, Training, Staying Safe
  • 4. Granite Mountain
  • 5. Initial Attack at the Mountain Fire
  • 6. It's the Climate
  • 7. Megafire
  • 8. A Chance Encounter
  • 9. Reality Check
  • 10. The Campaign Fires of Lake County
  • 11. Rough Times at Buck Rock Lookout
  • 12. No Light
  • 13. Fight Fire with Fire
  • 14. Fatigue Sets In
  • 15. Mad Max
  • 16. Orange County's Fire Funnel
  • 17. Smoke in the Vineyard
  • 18. The Great Western Firebreak
  • 19. Fire in the Valley
  • 20. The Memory Remains
  • 21. The Big One, Woolsey Fire Part I
  • 22. I of the Storm
  • 23. Paradise Lost
  • 24. Fallout
  • 25. Ripple Effects
  • 26. The Pulaski Pilgrimage, or Ghosts in the Gulch
  • 27. Firestorms of the Future
  • 28. Desert Breeze
  • Acknowledgments
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
Review by Library Journal Review

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