American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land
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New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company,, [2017].
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9781631490514, 1631490516
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company,, [2017].
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Book
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255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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9781631490514, 1631490516

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255).
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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, [this book] 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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hesse, M. (2017). American fire: love, arson, and life in a vanishing land (First Edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hesse, Monica. 2017. American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hesse, Monica. American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hesse, Monica. American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land First Edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, , 2017.

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