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American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
by Monica Hesse
informative
tense
fast-paced
This book covers a spate of arsons that took place in Accomack County, Virginia. The fire departments were volunteer, meaning these people had regular jobs outside of the fire department. I grew up in a family who served in a volunteer fire department, so I understand the exhaustion and appreciate the service of these people. These fires continued for months, with several calls per night. While reading this book, I was shocked there was a building left to burn by the time the culprits were discovered. I do not want to ruin the book for those who are wishing to read it by discussing the culprits and why they went on a spree of arson, but I will say that people do some really odd things. This was a very interesting case.
I saw this book at my local used bookstore, but they wanted more for it than I was willing to pay. I just found this completely by accident while I was waiting for my kids to check out their books at the library the other day. This book was not on my selected reading for this reading challenge, but since I am ahead of myself, I decided to go ahead and get it anyway. I thought it would be a really interesting read, because I like true crime, but also because it is near to the area where I am planning to relocate. I appreciate local history, so this was a good book for that. I liked that this book included the history of the area, as well as information on the fires and legal proceedings. This was one of the better books I have read in the past couple of weeks.
I saw this book at my local used bookstore, but they wanted more for it than I was willing to pay. I just found this completely by accident while I was waiting for my kids to check out their books at the library the other day. This book was not on my selected reading for this reading challenge, but since I am ahead of myself, I decided to go ahead and get it anyway. I thought it would be a really interesting read, because I like true crime, but also because it is near to the area where I am planning to relocate. I appreciate local history, so this was a good book for that. I liked that this book included the history of the area, as well as information on the fires and legal proceedings. This was one of the better books I have read in the past couple of weeks.