Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382128713
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382128705
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author: James Washington Sheahan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : de
Pages : 66
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Author: James Washington Sheahan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Author: James Washington Sheahan
Publisher: Chicago : Union Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.).
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Author: Elias Colbert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781499390889
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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This book is about the devastating Great Chicago Fire that ravaged the city. From the intro:"The terrible conflagration in Chicago will long be remembered as one of the most prominent events of the nineteenth century. In the evening of Sunday, October 8, 1871, a stable took fire, and within twenty-four hours thereafter the flames had swept over an area of more than twenty-one hundred acres, destroying nearly three hundred human lives, reducing seventeen thousand five hundred buildings to ashes, rendering one hundred thousand persons homeless, and sweeping out of existence two hundred million dollars' worth of property. Without a peer in her almost magical growth to what seemed to be an enduring prosperity, the city of Chicago experienced a catastrophe almost equally without a parallel in history, and the sad event awakened into active sympathy the whole civilized world.Such intense anxiety to catch every item of intelligence about the great conflagration, such a spontaneous outburst of liberality in aiding the sufferers, has never before been exhibited, except in times of national disaster. And, indeed, the calamity was universally recognized as affecting every one, not only in the United States, but in other countries. As the greatest primary market for produce on the face of the globe, Chicago had long been regarded as the cornucopia of modern civilization, while the energy and enterprise of her citizens had made her an object of envy to many other cities, and the wonder of the world. Her fame had spread far and near, and not even Solomon, in all his glory, ever excited so much admiration among those who went to see and found that the half had not been told them.The present volume is intended to supply the wide-spread popular desire to obtain full and accurate information, in permanent form, about Chicago in her prosperity and affliction. It contains a concise resume of her previous history; a statement of her condition just before the fire; a graphic account of the great conflagration; a carefully revised summary of losses of life and property; a description of the aspect of the city after the sad event; a history of the exertions made to aid the sufferers; with a review of the subsequent efforts made to rebuild the city 'mid the ashes of its former greatness."
Author: James Washington Sheahan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425559373
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Author: George P 1834-1919 Upton
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020779916
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book offers a comprehensive account of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which killed hundreds and left thousands homeless. It also provides a history of Chicago's growth and development, and the efforts to rebuild the city in the wake of the disaster. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: James Washington Sheahan
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022460300
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A historical account of the great fire that devastated Chicago in 1871, this book explores not only the causes of the fire, but also the the city's resilience and rebirth after the disaster. With detailed research and engaging storytelling, Putnam and Sheahan convey how Chicago shaped its present in the aftermath of this catastrophe. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Elias Colbert
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ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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