fires

Meridy Dresden, a successful mother and wife, returns to her hometown of Seaboro, South Carolina, to do research on the Gullah, and interviews her family's former housekeeper discovering secrets of her own past.

Primary documents, photographs, timelines, and maps describe the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the efforts of the military and local services to put out the fires that were consuming the city.

Offers information and advice on preparing for and surviving in fires and wildfires. Features general facts about how fires and wild fires start and discusses prevention and preparedness. Presents the steps to take to escape home fires and wild fires.

Contains accounts from journalists and witnesses on the science and study of fires, famous fire disasters, and fire prevention and damage control efforts.

Describes the one hundred most devastating fires in history and profiles the heroes who fought them.

Describes some of the world's most famous fires including the Ringling Brothers Circus fire in 1944, the great fire of London in 1666, and the disaster of the dirigible Hindenburg in 1936.

First biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco.

Draws from research and eyewitness accounts to reexamine the earthquake that struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906, measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale,and to discuss the fires, plagues, crimes, and other horrors that added to the devastation.

Presents a history of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and describes the myth of its origin, the devastation caused by the fire, and the rebuilding process that began almost immediately.