Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes That Shaped a City by David Cowan

Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes That Shaped a City

David Cowan

169 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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"the hand of God and the lack of fire escapes" In 1916, poet Carl Sandburg wrote about a young girl who jumps to her death in a Chicago factory fire, attributing her tragic end to "the hand of God and the lack of fire escapes." Sadly, the lesson o...

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