What Was the Great Chicago Fire? - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Janet B. Pascal, Who Hq, Tim FoleySeries:What Was?Theme:Chronological Period/19th CenturyAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2016-10-25Pages:112
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin WorkshopISBN-13:9780399541582ISBN-10:399541586UPC:9780399541582Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:History, Science & NatureBook Topic:United States, DisastersSize:7.40 x 5.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3Product ID:SC3A2ASHCJ
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin WorkshopISBN-13:9780399541582ISBN-10:399541586UPC:9780399541582Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:History, Science & NatureBook Topic:United States, DisastersSize:7.40 x 5.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3Product ID:SC3A2ASHCJ
Janet Pascal is the Executive Production Editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Abraham Lincoln?, What Is the Panama Canal?, and What Was the Hindenburg?
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