Crucible of Fire: Nineteenth-Century Urban Fires and the Making of the Modern Fire Service

by Bruce Hensler

Book Overview

Crucible of Fire is an eye-opening look at today's fire service and a thorough examination of what firefighters, civic leaders, and ordinary citizens can do to protect their homes and communities from the mistakes of the past.

Urban conflagrations, such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the Great Boston Fire the following year, terrorized the citizens of nineteenth-century American cities. However, urban rebirth in the aftermath...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597976849
• ISBN13: 9781597976848
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"