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Stephanie Schorow

Stephanie Schorow

reporter, writer, Boston Herald

http://www.stephanieschorow.com/

Stephanie Schorow is a long-time Boston-area reporter and writer. She worked 12 years for the Boston Herald as a writer and editor and for three years as a Boston Globe freelancer. Her articles have appeared in the Boston Globe magazine, the Harvard Gazette, MIT's Tech Talk, Bark magazine and other publications. [more]

Diary From Great Brewster Island: Girls Night Out in the 1890s

Stephanie Schorow

November 19, 2009

Author Stephanie Schorow explores the lives of four remarkable women who, on a hot July day in 1891, set off for 10 days of "roughing it" on Great Brewster Island and kept a diary of their summer adventure on their "enchanted isle." Now in the collection of the Schlesinger Library at Harvard Univers

Paul A. Christian

February 12, 2008

Paul A. Christian and the members of the Boston Fire Historical Society discuss the history of fire in Boston. Since the massive fire of 1872, which destroyed much of downtown Boston, fire has forever altered the city's appearance, fortunes, and psyche.

Legacy of the Cocoanut Grove Fire of 1942

Stephanie Schorow

September 14, 2004

Stephanie Schorow, reporter for The Boston Herald and author of Boston on Fire: A History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston, examines many myths and misconceptions about the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire, and evaluates its legacy and its continuing impact on Boston.

Hollywood Heist: Movies and Myths of the Brink's Job

Stephanie Schorow

Stephanie Schorow investigates the Brinks Job, the largest robbery in US history to date, through excerpts of two films made about the case.

The Crime of the Century

Author: Stephanie Schorow

Publisher: Commonwealth Editions (2008)

Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages

Boston's Fire Trail: A Walk Through the City's Fire and Firefighting History

Author: Boston Fire Historical Society

Publisher: The History Press (2007)

Binding: Paperback, 128 pages

East of Boston: Notes from the Harbor Islands

Author: Stephanie Schorow

Publisher: The History Press (2008)

Binding: Paperback, 160 pages

Boston on Fire (Paperback)

Author: Stephanie Schorow

Publisher: Commonwealth Editions (2006)

Binding: Paperback, 256 pages

The Cocoanut Grove Fire (New England Remembers)

Author: Robert Allison, Stephanie Schorow

Publisher: Commonwealth Editions (2005)

Binding: Paperback, 96 pages

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