| Edition |
First edition |
| Description |
xiii, 370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
Chronicles the disastrous Hartford circus fire of 1944, a tragedy that claimed 167 lives and changed the history of the city. |
| Contents |
Cleveland, 1942 -- July 4, 1944 -- Principals -- July 5, 1944 -- July 6, 1944 -- Circus Day -- Showtime -- The Point of Origin -- Our Boys in Uniform -- Blue Sky -- Animal Acts -- The Bravest Girl I've Ever Seen -- This Ain't No Time to Faint, Lady -- Don't Look Back -- The Stars and Stripes Forever -- Ten More Bars! -- Death by Fire -- Alive, Alive, Alive -- Have You Seen Him? -- Bringing Out the Dead -- Triage -- Unexpected Guests -- Extra, Extra -- We Can't Reach You, Hartford -- A G.I. Party -- The Names of the Dead -- Bad Face -- Evidence -- In the Evening, Sun Is Going Down -- Go to Sleep -- Bad News -- Were You in Cleveland? -- All Through the Night -- And on Till Morning -- July 7, 1944 -- July 8, 1944 -- July 9, 1944 -- July 10, 1944 -- July 11-July 15, 1944 -- July 15-July 31, 1944 -- August-December, 1944 -- 1945 -- 1946-1950 -- 1950 -- 1950-1990 -- 1990-1991 -- 1991-1999. |
| Subject |
Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944.
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Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- 20th century.
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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History.
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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows. (OCoLC)fst00618828
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Hartford Circus Fire (Connecticut : 1944) (OCoLC)fst01709824
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Fires. (OCoLC)fst00925697
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Connecticut -- Hartford.
(OCoLC)fst01207441
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: O'Nan, Stewart, 1961- Circus fire. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2000 (OCoLC)594611630 |
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Online version: O'Nan, Stewart, 1961- Circus fire. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2000 (OCoLC)606342649 |
| ISBN |
0385496842 |
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9780385496841 |
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