{"product_id":"great-australian-bushfire-stories-9780733323973","title":"Great Australian Bushfire Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ian Mannix\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'the biggest cleared area was my vegetable patch ... I ran and lay down and made a little tent over myself. I thought it would preserve the last of the oxygen. Under the blanket I could hear explosions - the gas bottles from the houses further up, and I could just imagine all my neighbours dead up the road. the wind was roaring, the trees cracking: an awful lot of noise ... I thought I wasn't going to survive.' Peter Luke, Gaffneys Creek, Victoria 'the sky got darker again ... I started to think about the next day's newspaper headlines: \"Stupid thirty-eight-weeks pregnant woman drives into fire with toddler.\"' Sonia Stanton, Canberra 'I looked down into where the houses were totally surrounded by a sea of flame and thought, well, that's it, she's all over. Everybody will be killed down there.' John Hyles, Namadgi Ranges GREAt AUStRALIAN BUSHFIRE StORIES is a collection of remarkable tales from all around Australia that tell of our country's fiercest natural phenomenon: the bushfire. Farmers, landowners, firefighters and city dwellers share with ABC journalist Ian Mannix their experiences of fires: preparing for them, fighting them, and the heartbreak task of mopping up when even their best efforts failed. Some stories are funny, some tragic, many courageous, but all are a testimony to the ingenuity and grit of human beings as they fight to save their homes, their towns and, in some cases, their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47586155298967,"sku":"9780733323973","price":2042.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780733323973.webp?v=1774962871","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/great-australian-bushfire-stories-9780733323973","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}