347: The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire w/ Stephanie Schorow
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347: The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire w/ Stephanie Schorow
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On November 28, 1942, fire roared through Boston's famed Cocoanut Grove nightclub during what was supposed to be a high-spirited Saturday night. By midnight, more than five hundred people were...
show moreMy guest, Boston historian and author Stephanie Schorow, walks us through the history of the nightclub, the possible causes of the tragic fire, the devastation it caused, and the aftermath. Her book is called "The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: A Boston Tragedy".
More about the author at her website: https://www.stephanieschorow.com/
Buy the book (and help independent bookstores) here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-cocoanut-grove-nightclub-fire-a-boston-tragedy-stephanie-schorow/18576557?ean=9781467152877
More about the fire here: https://www.cocoanutgrove.org
https://bostonfirehistory.org/the-story-of-the-cocoanut-grove-fire/
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