Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950

By Mark Tebeau

Book Overview

During the period of America's swiftest industrialization and urban growth, fire struck fear in the hearts of city dwellers as did no other calamity. Before the Civil War, sweeping blazes destroyed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801867916
• ISBN13: 9780801867910
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.4" x 6.1"