Boston's Fire Trail:: A Walk Through the City's Fire and Firefighting History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781596293618)

Even before the Great Fire of 1872, which destroyed almost eight hundred buildings in the heart of downtown, fire had already irrevocably altered the city of Boston's appearance, fortunes and psyche. In Boston's Fire Trail, members of the Boston Fire Historical Society trace the history of fire in the Hub and create an intriguing retrospective of this compelling facet of the city's past.
Daring rescues, conflagrations, arson, accidents and human courage--all are here, along with historic details of the circumstances and locations of more than forty-five fires and sites significant to the history of Boston's fire department. Follow the fire trail with one of the most renowned fire-fighting forces in the nation.

Author: Boston Fire Historical Society
ISBN-10: 1596293616
ISBN-13: 9781596293618
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 9.76h x 6.82w x 0.34d