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The great fire

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The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. Overnight, the flourshing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again.
By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting narrative that recreates the event with drama and immediacy. And finally, he reveals how, even in a time of deepest dispair, the human spirit triumphed, as the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to build their city once again.

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07906

977.3 MUR

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Call Number

977.3 MUR

Publisher

New York, USA : Scholastic Inc., 1995

Collation

144 pages : illustration ; 25 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780590472661

Classification

977.3

Content Type

text

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Fires
Illinois--Chicago

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