Boston on Fire: A History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston
| AUTHOR | Schorow, Stephanie |
| PUBLISHER | Commonwealth Editions (03/01/2006) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
Fires and firefighting in Boston from the seventeenth century to the present. Includes the Great Fire of 1872, the Cocoanut Grove fire, the Vendome fire, and others.
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ISBN-13:
9781933212012
ISBN-10:
1933212012
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
242
Carton Quantity:
32
Product Dimensions:
6.22 x 0.76 x 8.94 inches
Weight:
0.84 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
History | United States - State & Local - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH,
History | Fire Science
History | History
Dewey Decimal:
363.370
Library of Congress Control Number:
2008270688
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Fires and firefighting in Boston from the seventeenth century to the present. Includes the Great Fire of 1872, the Cocoanut Grove fire, the Vendome fire, and others.
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Author:
Schorow, Stephanie
Stephanie Schorow is a Boston-based freelance writer, author, teacher and artist. She is the author of The Crime of the Century: How the Brink's Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston; East of Boston: Notes from the Harbor Islands (The History Press, 2008); Boston on Fire: A History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston; and The Cocoanut Grove Fire. She was the editor of Boston's Fire Trail: A Walk Through the City's Fire and Firefighting History (The History Press, 2007). She has spent thirty years working for various news organizations, including the Boston Herald, the TAB chain, the Stamford Advocate and the Associated Press. She currently works as a freelancer for the Boston Globe and teaches writing at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. She is working on her next book, tentatively titled Drinking Boston: A History of the City and Its Spirits.
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