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Author Brown, Daniel James, 1951-

Title Under a flaming sky : the great Hinckley firestorm of 1894 / Daniel James Brown.

Publication Info. Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2006]
©2006
1 hold on first copy returned of 4 copies

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  634.9618 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  634.9618 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  634.9618 BROWN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  363.379 BROWN    Check Shelf
Description xi, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index.
Contents 1. Night music -- 2. Morning -- 3. Home -- 4. Something wicked -- 5. The cauldron -- 6. Ragnarok -- 7. Under the stone -- 8. Into the ring -- 9. Out of the ashes -- 10. The broken season -- 11. Drifting embers.
Summary Describes the devastating events of September 1894, when two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, and surrounding communities, trapping more than two thousand people and ultimately costing more than four hundred lives.
Subject Hinckley (Minn.) -- History -- 19th century.
Forest fires -- Minnesota -- Hinckley.
Forest fires. (OCoLC)fst00932142
Minnesota -- Hinckley. (OCoLC)fst01207159
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 1592288634: $22.95
Standard No. 9781592288632
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