Cocoanut Grove [Hardcover]

Edward Keyes (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 277 pages
• Publisher: Scribner; 1st edition (June 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689114060
• ISBN-13: 978-0689114069
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,126,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, very informative, September 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cocoanut Grove (Hardcover)

Edward Keyes really paints a scenario of what Boston --and the world -- was like in the early 1940s. I am a baby boomer and have always relished my elders' stories of "the good old days", but he describes the ethical mores of the time, the fact that mail was delivered twice a day, that no woman EVER went out on the street without gloves and a hat, etc. And with that intro, he leads us into the tragic story of the Cocoanut Grove fire. I couldn't put it down.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting enough......., January 17, 2005

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This review is from: Cocoanut Grove (Hardcover)

....but this book is basically a rehash of the only other [and the BEST] book written about the fire, "Fire in Boston's Cocoanut Grove;: Holocaust!" by Paul Benzequin.
Personally, I'd save my money, and check the Benzequin book out of the library.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Because there's no competition - it's worthwhile reading, August 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cocoanut Grove (Hardcover)

As far as I know, there are only two books on this subject and this is the better one. It's fascinating to learn the changes in medical care, emergency response and building codes that it brought about, but I was hoping for more detailed information on that. Someone could have written it better and more excitingly, but no one did.