Author: Alfred Theodore Andreas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885
Author: Alfred Theodore Andreas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
From the fire of 1871 until 1885
Author: Alfred Theodore Andreas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
From the fire of 1871 until 1885
Author: Alfred Theodore Andreas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
History of Chicago: From 1857 until the fire of 1871
Author: Alfred Theodore Andreas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
history of the great fires in chicago and the west
Author: e.j. goodspeed
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
Author: Christy Marx
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823944873
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the 1871 fire that destroyed much of Chicago, Illinois, examining its causes, the resulting devastation, and its aftermath.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823944873
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the 1871 fire that destroyed much of Chicago, Illinois, examining its causes, the resulting devastation, and its aftermath.
Smoldering City
Author: Karen Sawislak
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226735486
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Examines the various debates the city faced after the Chicago fire in dealing with homelessness, the care and feeding of much of the population and the problem of rebuilding amidst political chaos and people working at cross purposes. Explains the events that led up to the Chicago fire: intensely dry conditions, a 20-m.p.h. southwest wind, and an unfortunate spark at 10 o"clock on the night of Oct. 8 all combined to turn Chicago into a "vast ocean of flame". The rift between the immigrant working class and the wealthy 'native-born' Chicagoans made Catherine O'Leary (and her famous cow) a perfect scapegoat for anti-Irish, anti-working class invective. Provides historical maps, plates and engravings, with an epilogue and notes.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226735486
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Examines the various debates the city faced after the Chicago fire in dealing with homelessness, the care and feeding of much of the population and the problem of rebuilding amidst political chaos and people working at cross purposes. Explains the events that led up to the Chicago fire: intensely dry conditions, a 20-m.p.h. southwest wind, and an unfortunate spark at 10 o"clock on the night of Oct. 8 all combined to turn Chicago into a "vast ocean of flame". The rift between the immigrant working class and the wealthy 'native-born' Chicagoans made Catherine O'Leary (and her famous cow) a perfect scapegoat for anti-Irish, anti-working class invective. Provides historical maps, plates and engravings, with an epilogue and notes.
History of the Great Chicago Fire, October 8, 9, and 10, 1871
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The Great Chicago Fire
Author: David Lowe
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157024
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Definitive treatment of 1871 fire — one of the greatest disasters in American history — includes eyewitness accounts and before-and-after illustrations. 70 photographs and engravings.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157024
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Definitive treatment of 1871 fire — one of the greatest disasters in American history — includes eyewitness accounts and before-and-after illustrations. 70 photographs and engravings.
The Great Chicago Fire
Author: John Boda
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439662843
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
After an extremely hot and dry summer, Chicago got a spark that grew into something unimiginable and unforgettable on Oct. 8, 1871. On Oct. 8, 1871, what became known as "the Great Chicago Fire" was a massive firestorm that moved faster than most men could run, fueled by southwest winds of at least 30 miles per hour. The heat was so intense it melted stone and brick buildings in minutes and turned sand on the lakeshore into glass. A total of 18,000 buildings were destroyed. About 100,000 were left homeless, and over 300 lost their lives. The very same day, and nearly the same hour, both the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and Peshtigo, Wisconsin, suffered similar firestorms. Peshtigo's was even worse, creating an event that came to be known as "the Peshtigo Paradigm." Many people believe the three fires forming a huge triangle of destruction were related as one with cosmic causes, and it remains a mystery to this day. Authors and native Chicagoans John Boda and Ray Johnson take you inside this historic happening.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439662843
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
After an extremely hot and dry summer, Chicago got a spark that grew into something unimiginable and unforgettable on Oct. 8, 1871. On Oct. 8, 1871, what became known as "the Great Chicago Fire" was a massive firestorm that moved faster than most men could run, fueled by southwest winds of at least 30 miles per hour. The heat was so intense it melted stone and brick buildings in minutes and turned sand on the lakeshore into glass. A total of 18,000 buildings were destroyed. About 100,000 were left homeless, and over 300 lost their lives. The very same day, and nearly the same hour, both the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and Peshtigo, Wisconsin, suffered similar firestorms. Peshtigo's was even worse, creating an event that came to be known as "the Peshtigo Paradigm." Many people believe the three fires forming a huge triangle of destruction were related as one with cosmic causes, and it remains a mystery to this day. Authors and native Chicagoans John Boda and Ray Johnson take you inside this historic happening.