| Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself | |
| Author: | Russell Wangersky |
| Country: | Canada |
| Subject: | Firefighting |
| Genre: | Non-fiction, memoir[1] |
| Publisher: | Thomas Allen Publishers |
| Pub Date: | April 2009 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 271 pp. |
| Isbn: | 9780887623295 |
Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself is a non-fiction memoir, written by Canadian writer Russell Wangersky, first published in April 2009 by Thomas Allen Publishers. In the book, the author chronicles his experiences as a volunteer firefighter in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.[2]
Burning Down the House received the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction.[2]