Hey, it's MPR's Book of the Day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. The wildfires in Maui were at the top of the

headlines for a bit, rightfully so. But there have been other wildfires across North America in

recent weeks, in eastern Washington State, across the northwest territories of Canada. Right now, as I'm

writing this, Louisiana is suffering the state's largest wildfire

ever recorded. It's pretty clear that these fires will continue to happen. And so Nick Mont and

Justin Engel have co-written a book. It's titled, This is Wildfire, How to Protect Your Home, and

your community in the Age of heat. The book offers practical advice

on the personal level, but also explains local policies on fire and why it's important to

talk to your neighbors, because as they explain to here and now, Scott Tong, the thing that can

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The deadly wildfires in Maui have sadly made history.

They are the deadliest in more than a century.

And it has many people thinking about humankind's long relationship with wildfire.

How fires begin and spread,

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