Save The Date: Book Presentation & Author Talk
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 | 6:00 pm
Book presentation given by author and former ATF Federal Agent Wayne M. Miller. Hosted by the Friends of the Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library. Thursday, March 5, 6:00 pm. Free and open to all. The event will include a book signing and reception. Wheelchair accessible; conveniently located near the Orange Line and bus connections.
Charlestown Branch Library | 179 Main Street | Charlestown, MA 02129
For more information: friendsofcharlestownlib@gmail.com | 617-242-1248
Burn Boston Burn is a true story, of a deep conspiracy developed and executed by nine men, including three Boston cops and a Boston firefighter, all determined to wreak havoc on the city and surrounding communities. It is also a story of the relentless investigators who eventually uncovered their plot. In the early 1980s, Boston was set ablaze, coincidentally not long after tax-cutting measures caused the layoffs of hundreds of police and firefighters. Over the course of two years, these “fire buffs” turned arsonists, were on a mission to keep the area ablaze with nightly multiple-alarm fires, with sirens wailing through the streets, and people too afraid to sleep. Two hundred sixty-four buildings were set on fire, resulting in millions of dollars in damages and hundreds of injuries.
Told from the perspective of Wayne M. Miller, the head ATF Special Agent in charge of the investigation during that time, Burn Boston Burn is a horrendous tale of political deceit and internal corruption. The book details the series of crimes that shook the city of Boston and became known as one of the largest arson cases on record in the history of the country.
Author Background:
For twenty-five years, Wayne M. Miller was a Special Agent, Criminal Investigator and Certified Fire Investigator for the U.S. Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. He has been involved in numerous high profile criminal cases involving illegal firearms, bombings and arsons. He was also a member of the ATF National Response Team, responding to major fire and explosion incidents. During his career, Mr. Miller examined more than 2,300 fire and explosion scenes, responded to over twenty-five major incidents, and testified in more than forty cases in Federal and State civil and criminal courts. For the past seventeen years in the private sector, Mr. Miller has been a fire and explosion analyst for the Massachusetts-based Wright Group, Inc.
The Friends of the Charlestown Branch of the Boston Public Library was formed in 1953, becoming the second Friends group to organize within the Boston Public Library system. As a non-profit organization, the Friends schedule four to six evening adult programs per year, helps to support programs for children held during the day, and maintains the library’s landscaping. The mission of the Friends remains today what it was in 1953: to serve as an advocacy and support group for the needs of the Charlestown Branch Library, its staff, and users.
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