Plague and Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plague and Fire write by James C. Mohr. This book was released on 2004-11-15. Plague and Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A little over a century ago, bubonic plague--the same Black Death that decimated medieval Europe--arrived on the shores of Hawaii just as the islands were about to become a U.S. territory. In this absorbing narrative, James Mohr tells the story of that fearful visitation and its fiery climax--a vast conflagration that engulfed Honolulu's Chinatown. Mohr tells this gripping tale largely through the eyes of the people caught up in the disaster, from members of the white elite to Chinese doctors, Japanese businessmen, and Hawaiian reporters. At the heart of the narrative are three American physicians--the Honolulu Board of Health--who became virtual dictators when the government granted them absolute control over the armed forces and the treasury. The doctors soon quarantined Chinatown, where the plague was killing one or two people a day and clearly spreading. They resisted intense pressure from the white community to burn down all of Chinatown at once and instead ordered a careful, controlled burning of buildings where plague victims had died. But a freak wind whipped one of those small fires into a roaring inferno that destroyed everything in its path, consuming roughly thirty-eight acres of densely packed wooden structures in a single afternoon. Some 5000 people lost their homes and all their possessions and were marched in shock to detention camps, where they were confined under armed guard for weeks. Next to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Chinatown fire is the worst civic disaster in Hawaiian history. A dramatic account of people struggling in the face of mounting catastrophe, Plague and Fire is a stimulating and thought-provoking read.
Persecution, Plague, and Fire
Persecution, Plague, and Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Persecution, Plague, and Fire write by Ellen MacKay. This book was released on 2011-03-15. Persecution, Plague, and Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The theatre of early modern England was a disastrous affair. What we tend to remember of the Shakespearean stage and its history are landmark moments of dissolution. This title is a study of these catastrophes and the theory of performance they convey.
The Plague and the Fire
The Plague and the Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Plague and the Fire write by James Leasor. This book was released on 2001. The Plague and the Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Plague and the Fire
The Plague and the Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Plague and the Fire write by James Leasor. This book was released on 1966. The Plague and the Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Plague and Fire
Plague and Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plague and Fire write by James C. Mohr. This book was released on 2004-11-15. Plague and Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A little over a century ago, bubonic plague--the same Black Death that decimated medieval Europe--arrived on the shores of Hawaii just as the islands were about to become a U.S. territory. In this absorbing narrative, James Mohr tells the story of that fearful visitation and its fiery climax--a vast conflagration that engulfed Honolulu's Chinatown. Mohr tells this gripping tale largely through the eyes of the people caught up in the disaster, from members of the white elite to Chinese doctors, Japanese businessmen, and Hawaiian reporters. At the heart of the narrative are three American physicians--the Honolulu Board of Health--who became virtual dictators when the government granted them absolute control over the armed forces and the treasury. The doctors soon quarantined Chinatown, where the plague was killing one or two people a day and clearly spreading. They resisted intense pressure from the white community to burn down all of Chinatown at once and instead ordered a careful, controlled burning of buildings where plague victims had died. But a freak wind whipped one of those small fires into a roaring inferno that destroyed everything in its path, consuming roughly thirty-eight acres of densely packed wooden structures in a single afternoon. Some 5000 people lost their homes and all their possessions and were marched in shock to detention camps, where they were confined under armed guard for weeks. Next to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Chinatown fire is the worst civic disaster in Hawaiian history. A dramatic account of people struggling in the face of mounting catastrophe, Plague and Fire is a stimulating and thought-provoking read.
