Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and a 15-Year Search for Truth by James, Scott

Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and a 15-Year Search for Truth

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Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and a 15-Year Search for Truth by James, Scott

Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and a 15-Year Search for Truth

BD$52.59

Trial by Fire: A Devastating Tragedy, 100 Lives Lost, and a 15-Year Search for Truth

BD$52.59
Author: Scott James
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

As featured on the CBS News program 48 Hours

**2021 New England Society Book Award Winner for Contemporary Nonfiction

In only 90 seconds, a fire in the Station nightclub killed 100 people and injured hundreds more. It would take nearly 20 years to find out why--and who was really at fault.

All it took for a hundred people to die during a show by the hair metal band Great White was a sudden burst from four giant sparklers that ignited the acoustical foam lining the Station nightclub. But who was at fault? And who would pay? This being Rhode Island, the two questions wouldn't necessarily have the same answer.

Within 24 hours the governor of Rhode Island and the local police chief were calling for criminal charges, although the investigation had barely begun, key evidence still needed to be gathered, and many of the victims hadn't been identified. Though many parties could be held responsible, fingers pointed quickly at the two brothers who owned the club. But were they really to blame? Bestselling author and three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Scott James investigates all the central figures, including the band's manager and lead singer, the fire inspector, the maker of the acoustical foam, as well as the brothers. Drawing on firsthand accounts, interviews with many involved, and court documents, James explores the rush to judgment about what happened that left the victims and their families, whose stories he also tells, desperate for justice.

Trial By Fire is the heart-wrenching story of the fire's aftermath because while the fire, one of America's deadliest, lasted minutes, the search for the truth would take years.

Author: Scott James
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 10/27/2020
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781250131263


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2020 pg. 81
Publishers Weekly 08/24/2020
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2020
Booklist 10/01/2020 pg. 7

About the Author
SCOTT JAMES is the bestselling author of the novels The Sower and Soma, finalist for the national Lambda Literary Award for debut fiction, under the pen name Kemble Scott. With his weekly eponymous San Francisco column for The New York Times, James found stories that drew coverage from other national and international media, including The New Yorker, The London Times, The Guardian, and many more. He's been honored with three Emmy Awards for his work in television news. He lives in San Francisco, and is co-founder of The Castro Writers' Cooperative, known as The Coop, a co-working space for Bay Area writers.

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