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The Resource American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land, Monica Hesse, (electronic resource)

American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land, Monica Hesse, (electronic resource)

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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 were stretched too thin to surveil them all. Accomack was desolate--there were hundreds of abandoned buildings. And by the dozen they were burning. The culprit, and the path that led to these crimes, is a story of twenty-first century America....Though it's hard to believe today, one hundred years ago Accomack was the richest rural county in the nation. Slowly it's been drained of its industry--agriculture--as well as its wealth and population. In an already remote region, limited employment options offer little in the way of opportunity. A mesmerizing and crucial panorama with nationwide implications, American Fire asks what happens when a community gets left behind. Hesse brings to life the Eastern Shore and its inhabitants, battling a punishing economy and increasingly terrified by a string of fires they could not explain. The result evokes the soul of rural America--a land half gutted before the fires even began." -- provided by publisher
  • One hundred years ago Accomack was the richest rural county in the nation. Slowly it's been drained of its industry-- agriculture-- as well as its wealth and population. The arsons started on a November night in 2012 and didn't stop for months. The people waited to see which abandoned building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up; volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The culprits were galvanized by a surprising love story built on tight budgets and simple pleasures, in a land half gutted before the fires even began
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
Contents
  • 21
  • 4
  • Charlie
  • 35
  • 5
  • Monomania Incendiaire
  • 43
  • 6
  • Tonya
  • 50
  • 1
  • 7
  • "Like a Ghost"
  • 57
  • 8
  • "Tell Us What You Know About That"
  • 71
  • 9
  • Charlie and Tonya
  • 82
  • 10
  • "Charge that Line!"
  • Schrödinger's Evidence
  • 90
  • 11
  • Eastern Shore Arsonist Hunters
  • 97
  • 12
  • "I've Seen Enough Ass to Know"
  • 105
  • 13
  • "Like Hell Was Coming Up Through the Ground"
  • 3
  • 113
  • 14
  • Tonya and Charlie
  • 120
  • 15
  • "They're Not Hunters at All"
  • 127
  • 16
  • "I Didn't Light Them All"
  • 131
  • 2
  • 17
  • "Someday they'll Go Down Together"
  • 138
  • 18
  • "Everybody has a Reason for Why They Do Things in Life"
  • 144
  • 19
  • "I Can't Tell You Something I Don't Know"
  • 156
  • 20
  • "The South Starts Here"
  • "Midnight without Makeup"
  • 169
  • 21
  • Broken Things
  • 173
  • 22
  • "Time to Wake Up"
  • 185
  • 23
  • Burned
  • 12
  • 194
  • 24
  • "We'd Done it Before"
  • 196
  • 25
  • "They Came Out of Everywhere"
  • 215
  • 26
  • "Moral Turpitude"
  • 225
  • 3
  • 27
  • What Happened Next
  • 229
  • 28
  • "It's Over"
  • 236
  • "Orange in the Sky"
Isbn
9781631490521
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Instance
Label
American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land
Title
American fire
Title remainder
love, arson, and life in a vanishing land
Statement of responsibility
Monica Hesse
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "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 were stretched too thin to surveil them all. Accomack was desolate--there were hundreds of abandoned buildings. And by the dozen they were burning. The culprit, and the path that led to these crimes, is a story of twenty-first century America....Though it's hard to believe today, one hundred years ago Accomack was the richest rural county in the nation. Slowly it's been drained of its industry--agriculture--as well as its wealth and population. In an already remote region, limited employment options offer little in the way of opportunity. A mesmerizing and crucial panorama with nationwide implications, American Fire asks what happens when a community gets left behind. Hesse brings to life the Eastern Shore and its inhabitants, battling a punishing economy and increasingly terrified by a string of fires they could not explain. The result evokes the soul of rural America--a land half gutted before the fires even began." -- provided by publisher
  • One hundred years ago Accomack was the richest rural county in the nation. Slowly it's been drained of its industry-- agriculture-- as well as its wealth and population. The arsons started on a November night in 2012 and didn't stop for months. The people waited to see which abandoned building would burn down next, regarding each other at first with compassion, and later suspicion. Vigilante groups sprang up; volunteer firefighters slept at their stations. The culprits were galvanized by a surprising love story built on tight budgets and simple pleasures, in a land half gutted before the fires even began
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hesse, Monica
Dewey number
364.16/42/09/75516
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
no index present
LC call number
HV6638.5.U6
LC item number
H47 2017eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Arson
  • Rural crimes
  • Arson
  • Economic history
  • Rural conditions
  • Rural crimes
  • Social conditions
  • Arson
  • Accomack County (Va.)
  • Accomack County (Va.)
  • Accomack County (Va.)
  • Virginia
Label
American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land, Monica Hesse, (electronic resource)
Link
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 21
  • 4
  • Charlie
  • 35
  • 5
  • Monomania Incendiaire
  • 43
  • 6
  • Tonya
  • 50
  • 1
  • 7
  • "Like a Ghost"
  • 57
  • 8
  • "Tell Us What You Know About That"
  • 71
  • 9
  • Charlie and Tonya
  • 82
  • 10
  • "Charge that Line!"
  • Schrödinger's Evidence
  • 90
  • 11
  • Eastern Shore Arsonist Hunters
  • 97
  • 12
  • "I've Seen Enough Ass to Know"
  • 105
  • 13
  • "Like Hell Was Coming Up Through the Ground"
  • 3
  • 113
  • 14
  • Tonya and Charlie
  • 120
  • 15
  • "They're Not Hunters at All"
  • 127
  • 16
  • "I Didn't Light Them All"
  • 131
  • 2
  • 17
  • "Someday they'll Go Down Together"
  • 138
  • 18
  • "Everybody has a Reason for Why They Do Things in Life"
  • 144
  • 19
  • "I Can't Tell You Something I Don't Know"
  • 156
  • 20
  • "The South Starts Here"
  • "Midnight without Makeup"
  • 169
  • 21
  • Broken Things
  • 173
  • 22
  • "Time to Wake Up"
  • 185
  • 23
  • Burned
  • 12
  • 194
  • 24
  • "We'd Done it Before"
  • 196
  • 25
  • "They Came Out of Everywhere"
  • 215
  • 26
  • "Moral Turpitude"
  • 225
  • 3
  • 27
  • What Happened Next
  • 229
  • 28
  • "It's Over"
  • 236
  • "Orange in the Sky"
Control code
ocn993625123
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781631490521
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
16AD6274-AF86-418B-9BFD-F76A5B7802F4
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o993625123
  • (OCoLC)993625123
Label
American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land, Monica Hesse, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 21
  • 4
  • Charlie
  • 35
  • 5
  • Monomania Incendiaire
  • 43
  • 6
  • Tonya
  • 50
  • 1
  • 7
  • "Like a Ghost"
  • 57
  • 8
  • "Tell Us What You Know About That"
  • 71
  • 9
  • Charlie and Tonya
  • 82
  • 10
  • "Charge that Line!"
  • Schrödinger's Evidence
  • 90
  • 11
  • Eastern Shore Arsonist Hunters
  • 97
  • 12
  • "I've Seen Enough Ass to Know"
  • 105
  • 13
  • "Like Hell Was Coming Up Through the Ground"
  • 3
  • 113
  • 14
  • Tonya and Charlie
  • 120
  • 15
  • "They're Not Hunters at All"
  • 127
  • 16
  • "I Didn't Light Them All"
  • 131
  • 2
  • 17
  • "Someday they'll Go Down Together"
  • 138
  • 18
  • "Everybody has a Reason for Why They Do Things in Life"
  • 144
  • 19
  • "I Can't Tell You Something I Don't Know"
  • 156
  • 20
  • "The South Starts Here"
  • "Midnight without Makeup"
  • 169
  • 21
  • Broken Things
  • 173
  • 22
  • "Time to Wake Up"
  • 185
  • 23
  • Burned
  • 12
  • 194
  • 24
  • "We'd Done it Before"
  • 196
  • 25
  • "They Came Out of Everywhere"
  • 215
  • 26
  • "Moral Turpitude"
  • 225
  • 3
  • 27
  • What Happened Next
  • 229
  • 28
  • "It's Over"
  • 236
  • "Orange in the Sky"
Control code
ocn993625123
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781631490521
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
Stock number
16AD6274-AF86-418B-9BFD-F76A5B7802F4
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o993625123
  • (OCoLC)993625123

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