- Gebundene Ausgabe: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc (Juni 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1579121608
- ISBN-13: 978-1579121600
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 31,3 x 26,1 x 2,4 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.148.729 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The 100 most famous fires throughout history leap from the pages of this book, complete with the ravages caused by the consuming infernos and the courage of the men and women who fought the flames. This is fascinating history, along with technical information about the nature, causes and behaviour of fire and the challenging world of firefighting. Great Fire of London, 1666; Lisbon Earthquake, 1755; Moscow, 1812; Houses of Parliament, 1834; Atlanta, 1864; San Francisco, 1906; Berlin's Reichstag, 1933; Crystal Palace, 1936; Hindenburg Airship, 1937; London Blitz, 1940; Pearl Harbor 1941; Cocoanut Grove, Boston, 1942; Barnum & Bailey's Big Top, 1944; Watts Riots, Los Angeles, 1965; Apollo 1, 1967; King's Cross Underground, 1987; Windsor Castle, 1992; Learn how different types of fires are fought, about the first fire engines and brigades, how firefighters set fires to put out fires, about airdrops, dangerous backdrafts, as well as historic & modern firefighting technology. Dramatic photographs on every page show blazing buildings, tragedy-stricken survivors, charred destruction, and firefighters employing extinguishing techniques in the heat of the fight.
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The 100 most famous fires throughout history leap from the pages of this book, complete with the ravages caused by the consuming infernos and the courage of the men and women who fought the flames. This is fascinating history, along with technical information about the nature, causes and behaviour of fire and the challenging world of firefighting. Great Fire of London, 1666; Lisbon Earthquake, 1755; Moscow, 1812; Houses of Parliament, 1834; Atlanta, 1864; San Francisco, 1906; Berlin's Reichstag, 1933; Crystal Palace, 1936; Hindenburg Airship, 1937; London Blitz, 1940; Pearl Harbor 1941; Cocoanut Grove, Boston, 1942; Barnum & Bailey's Big Top, 1944; Watts Riots, Los Angeles, 1965; Apollo 1, 1967; King's Cross Underground, 1987; Windsor Castle, 1992; Learn how different types of fires are fought, about the first fire engines and brigades, how firefighters set fires to put out fires, about airdrops, dangerous backdrafts, as well as historic & modern firefighting technology. Dramatic photographs on every page show blazing buildings, tragedy-stricken survivors, charred destruction, and firefighters employing extinguishing techniques in the heat of the fight.
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exciting, fact filled book
29. Dezember 2002
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Informative book on the tradgedies of FIRE. This book is interesting in that it touches on many different fires from our past and gives important information on each, without being boring. Great pictures and lots of details of who, what, where and when.
This book is written in such a way that you can pick it up at any time and spend as much time as you have, and still feel like you have learned something and been part of it.
CATALOG OF WORLD'S GREAT FIRES
30. März 2009
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes are disasters consigned to particular regions of the globe and can be mapped accordingly. Building fires, by contrast, can happen anywhere at any time. Hotels, night clubs, schools and factories are all vulnerable to this danger. It takes little time to turn a pleasant day into a deadly inferno.
Goodman's book is as good a place as any to begin exploring fire calamities. It starts with London in 1666 and ends with Austria's ski lift tragedy in 2000. Most of the major fires in those 300 years, including the Coconut Grove and Triangle Shirtwaist, are included. As with many books of this kind, there is little text, and each story is covered through photos, captions and insets. But it is put together in a most attractive manner, likely to grab the interest of everyone. Toward the end, the photos are all in color.
The biggest drawback here is that the author selected American and British fires almost exclusively. The Blitz of 1940 is included, for instance, but not Hamburg or Dresden, worse hit. Pearl Harbor is here, but not Hiroshima. The great San Francisco earthquake and fire can be found, but not Tokyo's firestorm of 1923. If one is not concerned with this, by all means get a copy for your collection.
Goodman's book is as good a place as any to begin exploring fire calamities. It starts with London in 1666 and ends with Austria's ski lift tragedy in 2000. Most of the major fires in those 300 years, including the Coconut Grove and Triangle Shirtwaist, are included. As with many books of this kind, there is little text, and each story is covered through photos, captions and insets. But it is put together in a most attractive manner, likely to grab the interest of everyone. Toward the end, the photos are all in color.
The biggest drawback here is that the author selected American and British fires almost exclusively. The Blitz of 1940 is included, for instance, but not Hamburg or Dresden, worse hit. Pearl Harbor is here, but not Hiroshima. The great San Francisco earthquake and fire can be found, but not Tokyo's firestorm of 1923. If one is not concerned with this, by all means get a copy for your collection.
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