The Great Fire
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (887 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001G0KBJI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 108 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to robert moty. very good. Four Stars NHL nice read. Five Stars Yvonne Altic Great!
Murphy demonstrates that the fire could have been contained: he unfolds a tale of botched communication, class discrimination (the fire began in a working-class section of the city and only later spread to the wealthier areas) and plain old bad luck. Strategically quoting the written accounts of witnesses-who include a 12-year-old girl and a newspaper editor-Murphy both charts the 31-hour spread of the fire and conveys the atmosphere in the streets. From Publishers Weekly For more than a century, poor Mrs. O'Leary and her cow have should
By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with careful research, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting and dramatic narrative, ultimately revealing how the human spirit triumphed even in a time of deepest despair, and the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to build their city once again.. The Great Fire of 1871 was one of the most colossal disasters in American history--with damage so profound that few people believed the city of Chicago could ever rise again