Chicago's great fire : the destruction and resurrection of an iconic American city
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- ISBN: 9780802148100
- ISBN: 0802148107
- ISBN: 9780802148117
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xvi, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references 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 Fires Illinois Chicago HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) |
Genre: | History. |
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