The Richmond Theater Fire : Early America's First Great Disaster

On the day after Christmas in 1811, the state of Virginia lost its governor and almost one hundred citizens in a devastating nighttime fire that consumed a Richmond playhouse. The gruesome fire amplified the capital's reputation for vice and led to an upsurge in anti-theater criticism that spre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Meredith Henne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Richmond Theater (Richmond, Va.)
Richmond Theater (Richmond, Va.) > Fire, 1811.
Theaters > Accidents
Fires
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Theâtres > Accidents > Virginie > Richmond.
Incendies > Virginie > Richmond.
Theaters > Accidents > Virginia > Richmond.
Fires > Virginia > Richmond.
Virginia > Richmond
Richmond (Va.) > History > 19th century.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PROLOGUE; 1. CATASTROPHE; 2. PANDEMONIUM; 3. LOSS; 4. MOURNING; 5. RECOVERY; 6. JUDGMENT; 7. REBUILDING; 8. REVIVAL; 9. RETURN; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Illustrations.

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