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Smoldering City : Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874 (Historical Studies of Urban America)
Smoldering City Chicagoans and the Great Fire 18711874 - Historical Studies of Urban America
Author: Karen Sawislak
The fateful kick of Mrs. O'Leary's cow, the wild flight before the flames, the astonishingly quick rebuilding--these are the well-known stories of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. But as much as Chicago's recovery from disaster was a remarkable civic achievement, the Great Fire is also the story of a city's people divided and at odds. This is the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226735481
ISBN-10: 0226735486
Publication Date: 12/15/1995
Pages: 403
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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