Fire in the Big House : America's deadliest prison disaster /

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"On April 21, 1930-Easter Monday-some rags caught fire under the Ohio Penitentiary's dry and aging wooden roof, shortly after inmates had returned to their locked cells after supper. In less than an hour, 320 men who came from all corners of Prohibition-era America and from as far away as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roth, Mitchel P., 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Swallow Press, an imprint of Ohio University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio) > Fire, 1930.
Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio)
1900-1999
Prisons > Fires and fire prevention > Ohio > Columbus.
Prisons > Ohio > History > 20th century.
Fires > Ohio > Columbus > History > 20th century.
Prisons > Incendies et prévention des incendies > Ohio > Columbus.
Prisons > Ohio > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Incendies > Ohio > Columbus > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Fires
Prisons
Prisons > Fires and fire prevention
Social conditions
Residential Fires.
Prisons.
Prisoners.
History.
Columbus (Ohio) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Ohio
Ohio > Columbus
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fire in the Big House
  • The fairgrounds
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Ohio Penitentiary
  • The Big House
  • The warden
  • The keepers
  • The convicts
  • Board of inquiry
  • Mutiny in White City
  • The arsonists
  • Aftermath
  • Epilogue.

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