Keepers of the Flame: The Role of Fire in American Culture, 1775-1925

by Robert M. Hazen and Margaret Hindle Hazen

Book Overview

"For, Lo We live in an Iron Age--In the age of Steam and Fire " wrote a poet mesmerized by the engines that were transforming American transportation, agriculture, and industry during his lifetime. Indeed, by the nineteenth century fire had become America's leitmotif--for good and for ill. "Keeping the flame" was deadly serious: even the slightest lapse of attention could convert a fire from friendly ally to ravaging destroyer. To examine the cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691048096
• ISBN13: 9780691048093
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 6.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"