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One fine September day in 1773 the people of Wilton, New Hampshire, gathered to realize their dream, raising the frame of a brand new meetinghouse that would be the literal and symbolic center of this small farming community. But dream became nightmare when a huge center roof beam gave way, dropping fifty-three workers three stories to the ground and collapsing tons of trusswork, planks and joists, and metal tools on them. Five died. Forty-eight were injured, many seriously. The catastrophe might have been lost in history had Charles E. Clark not discovered an heirloom copy of an anonymous, forty-three-stanza ballad memorializing it. Sifting through clues from the ballad and from archival records, Clark pieces together the mystery to give a full picture of the disaster. His Meetinghouse Tragedy offers a fascinating glimpse into architectural history, popular and folk culture, religious traditions, and the ways communal memories are formed and then endure.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities History History: earliest times to present day

• Pełny tytuł: Meetinghouse Tragedy
• Autor: Charles E. Clark
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 170
• EAN: 9780874518726
• ISBN: 9780874518726
• ID: 06353431
• Wydawca: University Press of New England
• Waga: 231 g
• Wymiary: 216 × 140 × 14 mm
• Data wydania: 01. October 1998

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