The Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire: A Boston Tragedy (History Press, 2022) 
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 dead, dying or maimed for life. Schorow probes the club's history, the circumstances leading to the fire and the tragedy's lingering impact. The inferno reached deep into the city's social structure––its politics, medical care and legal system––and touched nearly everyone in the Boston area, even those who had never set foot in the club. In this updated and revised edition, she adds new photographs, interviews, and insights into the worst nightclub fire in U.S. history. This tragedy led to advances in medicine, mental health therapy, safety code enforcement, and jurisprudence that continue to save lives worldwide every day.

 

Who Should Attend

Fire Safety professionals, technical marketing & sales, material scientists, academia, historians, government authorities and all interested stakeholders.

 

About the Speaker​

Stephanie Schorow is a journalist, freelance writer, communications instructor at Boston University, and the author of  nine books on Boston history and a novel set in the 1980s. She has worked as an editor and reporter for the Boston Herald, the Associated Press, and newspapers in Connecticut, Idaho and Utah. She teaches a Summer Journalism Institute for high school students at BU and has coordinated a Citizen Journalism Program for Malden's Urban Media Arts.  She has also taught workshops on writing nonfiction at the Cape Cod Writers Conference in Hyannis. She has appeared in numerous documentaries on Boston history and is in demand as a presenter, teacher and podcast guest. (www.stephanieschorow.com).

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There will be a Q&A session during the webinar session.