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The Plague And The Fire
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Author : James Leasor
language : en
Publisher: House of Stratus
Release Date : 2001
The Plague And The Fire written by James Leasor and has been published by House of Stratus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Fiction categories.
Old Saint Paul S Tale Of The Plague And The Fire
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Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
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Plague And Fire
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Author : James C. Mohr
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-11-15
Plague And Fire written by James C. Mohr and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-15 with Medical categories.
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.
At The Time Of The Plague And The Fire
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Author : Geoffrey Middleton
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 1969
At The Time Of The Plague And The Fire written by Geoffrey Middleton and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Fires categories.
The Great Fire of London : the Plague.
Old Saint Paul S
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Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
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The Plague And The Great Fire Of London
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Author : M Q Publications
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-02-01
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The Plague And The Fire Of London
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Author : Michael Hardwick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
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The Plague And Fire Of London
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Author : John Scott
language : en
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Release Date : 1832
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Old Saint Paul S
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Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-08
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Excerpt from Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire One night, at the latter end of April, 1665, the family of a citizen of London, carrying on an extensive business as a grocer in Wood Street, Cheapside, were assembled, according to custom, at prayer. The grocer's name was Stephen Bloundel. His family consisted of his wife, three sons, and two daughters. He had, moreover, an apprentice; an elderly female serving as cook; her son, a young man about five-and-twenty, filling the place of porter to the shop and general assistant; and a kitchen-maid. The whole household attended; for the worthy grocer, being a strict observer of his religious duties, as well as a rigid disciplinarian in other respects, suffered no one to be absent, on any plea whatever, except indisposition, from morning and evening devotions; and these were always performed at stated times. In fact, the establishment was conducted with the regularity of clock-work, it being the aim of its master not to pass a single hour of the day unprofitably. The ordinary prayers gone through, Stephen Bloundel offered up a long and fervent supplication to the most High for protection against the devouring pestilence with which the city was then scourged. He acknowledged that this terrible visitation had been justly brought upon it by the wickedness of its inhabitants; that they deserved their doom, dreadful though it was; that, like the dwellers in Jerusalem before it was given up to ruin and desolation, they "had mocked the messengers of God and despised his word;" that, in the language of the prophet, "they had refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears that they should not hear; yea, had made their heart like an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law and the words which the Lord of Hosts had sent in his spirit by the former prophets." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Plague And Fire Of London Described By An Eye Witness
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Author : John Scott
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
The Plague And Fire Of London Described By An Eye Witness written by John Scott and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with History categories.
First published in 1666, just months after the Great Fire of London, this firsthand account of the disaster was written by a resident of the city who witnessed the events firsthand. Scott's vivid descriptions of the flames and the sickness they caused offer a haunting portrait of one of the most dramatic moments in English history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.