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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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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
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American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land
Title
American fire
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love, arson, and life in a vanishing land
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Monica Hesse
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Language
eng
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
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Hesse, Monica
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364.16/42
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Read by Tanya Eby
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  • Eby, Tanya
  • hoopla digital
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  • Arson
  • Accomack County (Va.)
  • Accomack County (Va.)
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American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land, Monica Hesse, (electronic resource)
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 28 min.))
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9781520075860
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MWT11913237
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11913237
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American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land, Monica Hesse, (electronic resource)
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Publication
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unknown
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digital storage
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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unknown
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spoken word
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  • spw
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rdacontent
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MWT11913237
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  • not applicable
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Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 28 min.))
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unknown
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  • online
  • electronic
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
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not applicable
Isbn
9781520075860
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(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
unknown
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unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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digital.
Publisher number
MWT11913237
Quality assurance targets
unknown
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access
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
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  • other
  • remote
Speed
other
Stock number
11913237
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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not applicable
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