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Author Esposito, John C., 1940-

Title Fire in the Grove : the Cocoanut Grove tragedy and its aftermath / John C. Esposito.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  974.461 ESPOSITO    Check Shelf
Edition First Da Capo Press edition.
Description x, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Saturday night, November 28,1942 -- The rehearsal -- The intimate place -- No exit -- The eight-minute fire -- Don't panic -- The unalterable laws -- It's not my job -- Present at the creation -- The man who wasn't there -- The bright side? -- Indictments: general and specific -- Recklessness -- Ex post facto -- The verdict -- Reckonings -- Fact or fiction? -- The 90-second fire.
Subject Cocoanut Grove (Boston, Mass.) -- Fire, 1942.
Fires -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century.
Boston (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
ISBN 0306814234 hardcover alkaline paper
9780306814235 hardcover alkaline paper
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