Title What was the Great Chicago Fire? / by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley.

Publication Info.	New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]
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Description	108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series	What was--?
	What was--?
Note	Cover art by Kevin McVeigh -- Page 4 of cover.
Summary	Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series. On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks burned down, making it impossible to fight the fire. Finally after two days, Mother Nature took over, with rain smothering the flames. This overview of a stupendous disaster not only covers the fire but explores the whole history of fire fighting.
Audience	Ages 8 to 12.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
Contents	What Was the Great Chicago Fire? -- Buckets, Hoses, and Horses -- Firefighters -- The Center of the Country -- A Disaster Waiting to Happen -- Mrs. O'Leary's Shed -- "Everything Went Wrong" -- Across the River -- Escape -- Camping in the Cemetery -- Finally! -- After the Fire -- Rebuilding -- The Little Chicago Fire -- Timelines.
Subject	Great Fire (Chicago, Illinois : 1871) (OCoLC)fst01404987
	Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Juvenile literature.
	Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875 -- Juvenile literature.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- 19th Century.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Science & Nature -- Disasters.
	Fires. (OCoLC)fst00925697
	Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
	Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871.
	Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
	Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875.
Chronological Term	To 1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Foley, Tim illustrator.
ISBN	9780399541582 (paperback)
	0399541586 (paperback)
	9780399542381 (hardcover)
	0399542388 (hardcover)
Standard No.	9781518219108

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