my paternal grandfather was a firefighter from 1939 to 1974. As a result I had an unusual interest in disastrous fires in history. While most preschoolers would be having Dr Seuss read to them, I was reading the book "Famous Fires" to them at that age. By the time I was 6, I knew the details of the Cocoanut Grove, Triangle Shirtwaist, Morro Castle and Hindenburg fires, among others. The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire happened towards the tail end of that first childhood fixation (around 1976 or77) and renewed the interest.
This reminds me, with my grandparents and father passed away, i have to look through the collection brought up from Florida in 2003 for that book as well as the rest of my grandfather's collection.
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Date: 2005-11-28 01:34 pm (UTC)This reminds me, with my grandparents and father passed away, i have to look through the collection brought up from Florida in 2003 for that book as well as the rest of my grandfather's collection.