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Author Schultz, Nancy Lusignan, 1956-

Title Fire & roses : the burning of the Charlestown convent, 1834 / Nancy Lusignan Schultz.

Publication Info. New York : Free Press, [2000]
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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  974.41 SCH    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  974.461 SCH    Check Shelf
Description xii, 317 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-304) and index.
Contents Principal characters -- Prologue -- The seed is planted -- Mount Benedict blooms -- Convent secrets and the early years -- Charlestown in full flower -- Education and convent life -- A deadly miasma -- Cemeteries, cholera, and Catholicism -- The vine uprooted -- 1834: A year of heartbreaks -- The lost garden -- Indictments and trial -- The ashes scatter -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Partial list of students.
Subject Ursuline Convent (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.
Riots -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
Fires -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
Anti-Catholicism -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Other Form: Online version: Schultz, Nancy Lusignan, 1956- Fire & roses. New York : Free Press, c2000 (OCoLC)606366151
Online version: Schultz, Nancy Lusignan, 1956- Fire & roses. New York : Free Press, c2000 (OCoLC)607735725
ISBN 0684856859
9780684856858
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