The great fire / Jim Murphy

Author: Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022
Published: New York : Scholastic Inc., 2006.
Copyright Date: ©1995
Edition: 1st Trade pap. ed., Oct. 2006.
Physical Description: 144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

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Contents

1. A city ready to burn -- 2. "Everything went wrong!" -- 3. "The dogs of hell were upon the housetops" -- 4. "A surging ocean of flame" -- 5. "Chicago is in flames" -- 6. "The ghost of Chicago" -- 7. Myth and reality.

Subject(s)

Great Fire (Chicago, Illinois : 1871)
To 1875
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871—Juvenile literature
Fires—Illinois—Chicago—History—19th century
Chicago (Ill.)—History—To 1875—Juvenile literature
Chicago (Ill.)—History—To 1875
Illinois—Chicago

Genre(s)

History
Juvenile works

ISBN

0439203074 (pbk.)
9780439203074 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references [pages 139-140] and index.

Action Note

committed to retain 20170930 20430101 HathiTrust https://www.hathitrust.org/shared_print_program

Awards

Newbery Honor Book, 1996.

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