Seven fires : the urban infernos that reshaped America / Peter Charles Hoffer.
Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-
2006
E179 .H79 2006 (Mapit)
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Title Seven fires : the urban infernos that reshaped America / Peter Charles Hoffer.
Author Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781586483555
1586483552
Imprint New York : PublicAffairs, c2006.
Language English
Description xii, 460 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number E179 .H79 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 973
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-435) and index.
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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."

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