American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

by Monica Hesse

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The arsons started on a cold November midnight and didn't stop for months. Night after night, the people of Accomack County waited to see which building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up, patrolling the rural Virginia coast with cameras and camouflage. Volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The arsonist seemed to target abandoned buildings, but local police...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1631490516

ISBN13:9781631490514

Release Date:July 2017

Publisher:Liveright Publishing Corporation

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.17 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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Criminal Psychology Drug Addiction Mental Health Issues Poverty Rural Communities The Legal System Non-Fiction History Social Science Social Sciences

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