Bibliograph

Forgotten fires of Chicago, the Lake Michigan inferno and a century of flame, John F. Hogan and Alex A. Burkholder ; foreword by Robert Hoff

Type

Label

Forgotten fires of Chicago, the Lake Michigan inferno and a century of flame, John F. Hogan and Alex A. Burkholder ; foreword by Robert Hoff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-136) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forgotten fires of Chicago

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

898696081

Responsibility statement

John F. Hogan and Alex A. Burkholder ; foreword by Robert Hoff

Sub title

the Lake Michigan inferno and a century of flame

Summary

The Great Fire of 1871 was only one engagement of Chicago's ceaseless war against cinder, flame and smoke. Hogan and Burkholder explore the history of forgotten fires and the heroes who fought them

Table Of Contents

Fire and ice: the Lake Michigan Crib inferno -- The second great Chicago Fire -- Terror at the World's Fair: the Cold Storage fire -- Showers of sparks, sheets of flame: the Northwestern Grain Elevator fire -- Warnings ignored: portents of the Iroquois Theatre fire -- Volcanoes on the river: the Burlington Grain Elevator fire -- Steep price for negligence: the L. Fish Furniture fire -- The man in K-28: the Auditorium Theatre bomb -- Death from above: the Wingfoot Blimp crash -- "We nearly lost the west side": the Burlington Office Building fire -- Good Friday arson: the Curran Hall fire -- Trapped! The sanitary district tunnel fire -- In the shadow of the O'Leary barn: Taylor Street arson -- Another lesson never learned: the General Clark and LaSalle Hotel fires -- The heavy cost of a botched renovation: the Haber Corporation fire -- Revenge: the Seeley Club arson -- "Built for an eternity": the McCormick Place fire -- "Worst since Mrs. O'Leary": the Central Manufacturing District fire

Target audience

adult

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