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Author Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022

Title The great fire / Jim Murphy.

Imprint New York : Scholastic Inc., ©1995.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 977.3 MURPHY    Check Shelf
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 977.3 MURPHY c.2  Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J977.3 M c.2  Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA977.3 M954    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J977.3 MUR    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J 977.3 MURPHY c.2  Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Basement Materials  J 977.3 MUR    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 977.3 MUR c.2  Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J977.311 MUR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 977.3 MURPHY    Check Shelf

Description 144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Series Scholastic hardcover
Awards Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book, 1995
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A city ready to burn -- "Everything went wrong!" -- "The dogs of hell were upon the housetops" -- "A surging ocean of flame" -- "Chicago is in flames" -- "The ghost of Chicago" -- Myth and reality.
Summary By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, [the author] constructs a ... narrative that recreates the events ... And finally, he reveals how, even in a time of deepest despair, the human spirit triumphed, as the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to build their city once again.-Dust jacket.
Awards Newbery Honor Book, 1996.
American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1996.
Subject Great Fire (Chicago, Illinois : 1871) (OCoLC)fst01404987
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Juvenile literature.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875 -- Juvenile literature.
Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875.
Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
Fires -- Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
Chronological Term To 1875
Genre/Form Curriculum resource.
Paper case bindings.
Illustrated case bindings.
Book jackets.
Illustrated endpapers.
Blocking (surface marking)
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 0590472674
9780590472678
0590472666
9780590472661
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