
The great fire of 1835 burned most of New York City's wooden downtown and, like many others, Archie Prescott thinks he's lost all that's dear to him. His home is a smoldering ruin and his wife is dead - and next to her body is a child's corpse he assumes was his daughter. It...

The great fire of 1835 burned most of New York Citys wooden downtown. Like many people, Archie Prescott thought hed lost everythinghis home was a smoldering ruin, his dead wifes body lay at his feet, and next to her was the corpse he assumed was his daughter. It seemed like the...