Great Boston Fire Book Talk (Event Video)

Stephanie Schorow, discusses her book 'The Great Boston Fire’. For two days in November 1872, a massive fire swept through Boston, leaving the downtown in ruins and the population traumatized. Coming barely a year after the infamous Chicago fire, Boston’s inferno turned out to be one of the most expensive fires per acre in U.S. history. Yet today few are aware of how close Boston came to destruction. Stephanie recounts the fire’s history from the foolish decisions that precipitated it to the heroics of firefighters who fought it.

This event was held on September 15, 2022 at 6:00 p.m via Zoom (and also to an in person audience at the JP Branch Library). Click on the triangle below to watch the presentation. 

Great Boston Fire Book Talk of September 15, 2022