Brooklyn Ashes: The Rise of a City and the Brooklyn Theatre Fire of 1876

"A largely forgotten 150-year-old tragedy that led to fire safety reforms around the world is the centerpiece of this assiduously researched, novelistic debut history . . . [author Arthur] Scinta deftly traces the disaster through its aftermath as a city mourned and new safety laws were passed. It’s a valuable record of both Brooklyn and fire safety history." ~ Publishers Weekly

At the height of America’s Gilded Age, perhaps no other city in the country experienced such a radical change as B...