Summary of Wayne M. Miller's Burn Boston Burn


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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The boys set a fire at the Gerrity Lumber Company in Boston, which was investigated by the police. They targeted a large, tall single-story brick building. The pair walked to the front of the structure, where they found the large overhead door open. They entered the building and planted two devices. #2 The fire was visible from a half-mile away, and flames were soaring into the sky. The boys drove around for a few more minutes to avoid drawing attention to themselves. They saw several loud, raucous men sitting on another woodpile sparking the fire. #3 The filming ended after the police officer approached the group and questioned them about the gun-waving incident. The officer returned to inform them that the man with the gun was a Boston officer, and that he had been told to put it away. #4 The fire destroyed one-third of the sprawling lumberyard, costing millions in losses. Luckily, there were no major firefighter injuries.




Burn Boston Burn


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In the early 1980s, Boston was set ablaze with nightly multiple-alarm fires. Over a two-year period, 264 buildings were torched, intentionally set on fire, resulting in millions of dollars in damages and hundreds of injuries. This is the astounding true story of the deep conspiracy of 9 men, including 3 Boston cops and a Boston firefighter, determined to wreak havoc on the city and of the relentless investigators who uncovered what was termed "the largest arson case in the history of the country".Told by the ATF Special Agent who lived this investigation for three years, Wayne Miller, Burn Boston Burn is a tale of domestic terrorism and internal corruption. The book details the series of crimes that shook the Boston area, by interweaving the activities of the arsonists with those of the investigators, the firefighters and the citizens of the area.




Bang Boom Burn


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Explosive True Crime Gun, Bombing, and Arson Cases from a Federal Agent's Career. Federal Agents never know what to expect from day to day. During his 25 year career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Special Agent Wayne M. Miller investigated dozens of remarkable and sometimes high-profile horrific gun, bombing, and arson cases. In Bang Boom Burn, a collection of 21 real-life stories, you'll delve into cases including: - Undercover assignments that turn dangerous on a dime - A suburban house full of stolen machine guns - Shocking bombings that killed and maimed police officers and others - Strange serial arson investigations plus several white collar arson-for-profit cases - And, some humorous situations These accounts show true crime enthusiasts what Federal investigators regularly face. All investigators could use this as a detailed textbook to see and feel the highs and lows, with the good and bad experienced by someone who has been through it. Agent Miller puts the reader up close and personal during interviews, crime scenes and in the courtroom. Anyone interested in true crime, investigative procedures, crime scene forensics, the inner workings of criminal conspiracies and fires, and trial proceedings will want to read this book. Many who read Miller's first book are clamoring for more of his in-depth chronicles.




Killer Show


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The definitive book on The Station nightclub fire on the 10th anniversary of the disaster




Crime Scene


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One of the nation's top forensic scientists, Larry Ragle has investigated countless brutal and baffling crimes during his forty-year career. Now he takes us behind the yellow police tape and into the medical examiner's laboratory for a fascinating look at his most sensational cases, revealing how cutting-edge science and medical technology were used to shed brilliant light on the criminals and their transgressions. Here is the real world of C.S.I. -- where astonishingly detailed portraits of malefactors are painted with a single drop of blood, and a microscopic fiber can direct the police to even the most careful and elusive of murderers.




Burning Planet


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Andrew Scott, who played a key role in identifying fossilized charcoal, describes the profound impact of fire through Earth history, from its role in mass extinctions and the spread of flowering plants, to early hominid use of fire, and the role of wildfires on landscapes today.




Burn Black Wall Street Burn


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In the spring of 1921, one of the most atrocious yet little-known events of American history took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma's prosperous, all-black, Greenwood neighborhood when a murderous white mob burned the town of 10,000, known as Black Wall Street, to ashes. In this work of historical fiction, longtime political journalist Dennis "Mitch" Maley keeps the emphasis on "historical" in dramatizing this historically accurate and meticulously researched depiction of the horrific events that led to one of our nation's ugliest moments.




A Phoenix First Must Burn


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Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic. Evoking Beyoncé's Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler's heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and gender nonconforming individuals. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of complex and true-to-life characters in which you cannot help but see yourself reflected. Witches and scientists, sisters and lovers, priestesses and rebels: the heroines of A Phoenix First Must Burn shine brightly. You will never forget them.




The Cop Shop


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Blau writes from his three years reporting for the Chicago Tribune in the Cop Shop, Chicago's police headquarters. Gritty and grim, well- told. Good reading about evil. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




West Plains Dance Hall Explosion


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The real-life mystery of a catastrophic blast in 1920s Missouri that killed dozens at a Friday night dance and shattered an Ozark town. One rainy night in 1928, a crowd, many of them the sons and daughters of prominent local citizens, gathered for a weekly dance held at Bond Hall. The explosion that occurred as midnight approached transformed Bond Hall into a raging inferno, left thirty-nine dead, and sparked feverish national media attention and decades of bitterness in the Missouri Ozark town. And while the story inspired a popular country song, the firestorm remains an unsolved mystery. In this first book on the notorious catastrophe, Lin Waterhouse presents a clear account of the event and its aftermath that judiciously weighs conflicting testimony and deeply respects the personal anguish experienced by parents forced to identify their children by their clothing and personal trinkets. Based on extensive research into archival records and illustrated with numerous photos, this is a fascinating account of a heartbreaking disaster and the town it tore apart.