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Seven fires : the urban infernos that reshaped America / Peter Charles Hoffer.
LIBRA - Special E179 .H79 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Local history.
- Cities and towns.
- History.
- Fires.
- United States--History--Anecdotes.
- United States.
- Fires--United States--History--Anecdotes.
- Cities and towns--United States--History--Anecdotes.
- United States--History, Local--Anecdotes.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 460 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2006]
- Summary:
- An inspiring history of seven devastating but pivotal city fires, and how the men and women who fought them heroically rebuilt a new America from their ashes.
- Contents:
- Boston, 1760: "A torrent of flame"
- "Sons of liberty"
- Pittsburgh, 1845: A dreadful scene of destruction
- "This gigantic workshop"
- Chicago, 1871: "We are in ruins"
- "Heroic and confident men"
- Baltimore, 1904: "Big fire here"
- "We'll win again"
- Detroit, 1967: "Motown, if you don't come around, we are going to burn you down"
- "New Detroit"
- The east bay: Oakland Hills, 1991: A perfect firestorm
- The "quality of life"
- Lower Manhattan, 2001: "The worst day"
- They "ran in as others ran out".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-435) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 1586483552
- OCLC:
- 62525213
- Publisher Number:
- 9781586483555
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