The great fire
By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, [the author] constructs a ... narrative that recreates the events.... And finally, he reveals how, even in a time of deepest despair, the human spirit triumphed, as the people...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The great fire / |c Jim Murphy. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Scholastic Inc., |c c1995. | ||
| 300 | |a 144 p. : |b ill., maps ; |c 28 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a A city ready to burn -- "Everything went wrong!" -- "The dogs of hell were upon the housetops" -- "A surging ocean of flame" -- "Chicago is in flames" -- "The ghost of Chicago" -- Myth and reality. | |
| 520 | |a By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, [the author] constructs a ... narrative that recreates the events.... And finally, he reveals how, even in a time of deepest despair, the human spirit triumphed, as the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to build their city once again. -Dust jacket. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Fires |z Illinois |z Chicago |x History |y 19th century |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
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