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Chicago and the great conflagration
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Elias Colbert |
“The first part is devoted to a history of Chicago, its inception and growth. Statistics of the city in 1870 show its condition prior to the fire. The latter half of the book gives an account of the … |
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Children of the fire
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Harriette Robinet |
A young black girl named Hallelujah lives through the great Chicago fire with courage and resourcefulness. |
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Down the rabbit hole
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Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aun… |
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Angels at Sunset
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Tom Mach |
The novel begins in 1920 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where Jessica Radford listens to the very first radio broadcast on KDKA, which broadcasts the presidential election returns. Because of the passa… |
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Firestorm!
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Joan Hiatt Harlow |
A twelve-year-old street urchin and the son of Chicago's most important jeweler strike up an unlikely friendship in the days before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and both are nearly trapped when th… |
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What the lady wants
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Renée Rosen |
"In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing women customers with his famous motto: "Give the lady what she wants." His legendary charm also won… |
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Fire disasters
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Rob Alcraft |
Describes three of the worst man-made fire disasters in history, the destruction that such terrible fires can cause, and measures that can be taken to limit such disasters. |
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Lines--
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Geralyn Hesslau Magrady |
Livia Haas' strength and fortitude are tested as she survives the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 as well as her first love, the death of her brother, and a lurking evil force threatening Livia's life and… |
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Liam's Watch
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Pamela Dell |
Twelve-year-old Liam and his family must flee their home when a fire rages through Chicago in 1871. Includes notes on the Great Chicago Fire and suggests creative writing, scrapbook, and family histo… |
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The Mistress (Mira)
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Susan Wiggs |
October 8, 1871—One small spark ignites the entire city of Chicago, sending its residents into panic. But amid the chaos, a case of mistaken identity leads to an unexpected new love.As the historic f… |
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
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Kay Melchisedech Olson,Charles Barnett III,Phil Miller |
In graphic novel format, tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, an inferno that forever changed the city's skyline. |
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