What Was the Great Chicago Fire?
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What Was the Great Chicago Fire?
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
What Was the Great Chicago Fire?
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
960042125
Series statement
What was ...?
Summary
"Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series. On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks burned down, making it impossible to fight the fire. Finally after two days, Mother Nature took over, with rain smothering the flames. This overview of a stupendous disaster not only covers the fire but explores the whole history of fire fighting"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
What Was the Great Chicago Fire? -- Buckets, Hoses, and Horses -- Firefighters -- The Center of the Country -- A Disaster Waiting to Happen -- Mrs. O'Leary's Shed -- "Everything Went Wrong" -- Across the River -- Escape -- Camping in the Cemetery -- Finally! -- After the Fire -- Rebuilding -- The Little Chicago Fire -- Timelines
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
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Genre
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- Chicago (Ill.) -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1875 -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters
- Science
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century
- History
- Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Juvenile literature
- Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
- Electronic books
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875 -- Juvenile literature
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Incendies -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
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- Chicago (Ill.) -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1875 -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Disasters
- Science
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century
- History
- Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Juvenile literature
- Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
- Electronic books
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875 -- Juvenile literature
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Incendies -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
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