Eating Smoke
Subtitle: Fire in Urban America, 1800-1950
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: October 16, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780801867910
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Fire services; Social history; United States - General; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Politics / Current Events; History: American; USA; History / United States / General; Fire extinction; History; United States
First sentence: Shortly after I A.M. on August 10, 1887, clanging alarm bells roused the men of St. Louis's Hook and Ladder Company No. 6, led by foreman Christian Hoell.
Description: "Shows how the changing practices of firefighters, the strategies of insurers, and the rise of urban building codes eventually combined to conquer the popular fear of fire while also shaping the built landscape of American cities."--Cover.