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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 28 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Tanya Eby. |
| Summary |
Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the dangerous shift that happened in their passionate relationship, Hesse brilliantly brings to life the once-thriving coastal community and its distressed inhabitants, who had already been decimated by a punishing economy before they were terrified by a string of fires they could not explain. Incorporating this drama into the long-overlooked history of arson in the United States, American Fire re-creates the anguished nights that this quiet county spent lit up in flames, mesmerizingly evoking a microcosm of rural America - a land half gutted before the fires even began. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Arson -- Virginia -- Accomack County.
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Accomack County (Va.) -- Economic conditions.
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Accomack County (Va.) -- Social conditions.
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| Added Author |
Eby, Tanya.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781520075860 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1520075863 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11913237 |
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