Fire on the water
A novel based on a true tale of heroism and invention in the tunnels beneath Lake Erie in 1916. This original graphic novel imagines the lives of blue-collar workers involved in the real-life Lake Erie tunnel disaster of 1916 in Cleveland. Author Scott MacGregor and illustrator Gary Dumm tell the in...
| Main Author: | MacGregor, Scott, 1953- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Dumm, Gary (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Abrams ComicArts,
[2020]
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| Summary: |
A novel based on a true tale of heroism and invention in the tunnels beneath Lake Erie in 1916. This original graphic novel imagines the lives of blue-collar workers involved in the real-life Lake Erie tunnel disaster of 1916 in Cleveland. Author Scott MacGregor and illustrator Gary Dumm tell the intersecting stories of a brilliant African American inventor, Ben Beltran (based on the real-life Garrett Morgan, Sr.), desperate immigrants tunneling beneath Lake Erie, and corrupt overseers who risk countless lives for profit. As historical fiction, Fire on the Water sheds light not only on one of America's earliest man-made ecological disasters but also on racism and the economic disparity between classes in the Midwest at the turn of the century. |
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| Item Description: |
"Inspired by the true-life tragedy."--Cover. |
| Physical Description: |
279 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (page 277). |
| ISBN: |
9781419741166 1419741160 |
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