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Fire in the Grove : the Cocoanut Grove tragedy and its aftermath by Esposito, John C., 1940- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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On Saturday night, November 28, 1942, Boston suffered its worst disaster ever. At the city's premier nightspot, the Cocoanut Grove, the largest nightclub fire in U.S. history took the lives of 492 people--nearly one of every two people on the premises. A flash of fire that started in an imitation palm tree rolled through the overcrowded club with breathtaking speed and in a mere eight minutes anyone left in the club was dead or doomed. The Grove was a classic firetrap, the product of greed and i

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Esposito, John C., 1940-
Publisher
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press
Published
2005
Language
EN
ISBN
9780306815010
Category
history
Subjects
Fiction, Science, History
Rating
3.98 / 5 (273 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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