Robert Kenny

Gardens of Fire (eBook, ePUB)

An Investigative Memoir

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Black Saturday bushfires of 7 February 2009 were the most catastrophic in Australia's history. One hundred and seventy three people lost their lives and over two thousand homes were destroyed. Award winning historian and writer Robert Kenny had a sound fire plan and he was prepared. But the reality of the fire was more ferocious and more unpredictable than he could have imagined. By the end of the day, his house and the life contained within were gone.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: UWA Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781742585444
• Artikelnr.: 42039056

Autorenporträt

Robert Kenny is an Australian poet and historian. He has published widely on the history of religion and science, as well as several volumes of poetry and fiction. His previous book, The Lamb Enters the Dreaming, won the 2008 Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History, the Victorian Premier's History prize and the Australian Historical Association's W. H. Hancock Prize. He is Visiting Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University, and Honorary Associate in the School of Humanities, La Trobe University. He has previously been a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, and Peter Blazey Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He lives in Redesdale, Victoria.