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Chicago's Great Fire : the destruction and resurrection of an iconic American City / Carl Smith.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802148100 :
- ISBN: 0802148107 :
- Physical Description: xvi, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-353) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "Kate! The barn Is afire!" -- "To depress her rising consequence would be like an attempt to quench the stars" -- "A regular nest of fire": The west division -- "It was nothing but excitement": The south division -- "I gave up all hopes of being able to save much of anything": The north division -- Endgame -- "Pray for me" -- "Chicago shall rise again" -- Controversy and control -- "More strength and greater hope": Getting going -- The triumph of the fire-proof ticket -- Who started the Great Chicago Fire? -- The limits of limits -- New Chicago -- City on fire -- Celebrating destruction. |
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| Subject: | Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871. Fires > Illinois > Chicago. Chicago (Ill.) > History > To 1875. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Howe Library | 977.3 SMI | 31254003678790 | Lower level | Available | - |