MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 090526s2009 scu b 000 0 eng
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020 $a9781596296350
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050 00 $aF279.C457$bC76 2009
082 00 $a975.7/915$222
100 1 $aCrooks, Daniel J.
245 10 $aCharleston is burning! :$btwo centuries of fire and flames /$cDaniel J. Crooks Jr.
260 $aCharleston, SC :$bThe History Press,$c2009.
263 $a0905
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Charles Town's first fire -- The fire of 1740 -- The fire of 1778 -- After the Revolution -- The early volunteer fire companies -- The fires of 1810, 1819 and 1826 -- The Market Fire of 1833 -- The disasters of 1835 -- Improving the department -- The destruction of Ansonborough, 1838 -- An improved department and the fire of 1849 -- Disunion and destruction -- The Civil War and the advent of the steam fire engine -- Providence and the Great Fire of 1861 -- Peace-- and desolation -- Reconstruction and the status quo -- The Charleston Fire Department is formed -- Epilogue.
651 0 $aCharleston (S.C.)$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aCharleston (S.C.)$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFires$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aFires$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFire extinction$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aFire extinction$zSouth Carolina$zCharleston$xHistory$y19th century.
610 10 $aCharleston (S.C.).$bFire Dept.$xHistory.