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Smith, Carl S., author.
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Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871.
Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875.
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Chicago's great fire...
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Chicago's great fire : the destruction and resurrection of an iconic American city / Carl Smith.
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Smith, Carl S., author.
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020.
Subjects
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871.
Fires -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- To 1875.
ISBN:
9780802148100 (hardcover) :
0802148107 (hardcover) :
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xvi, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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First edition.
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Contents:
"Kate! The barn is afire!" -- "To depress her rising consequence would be like an attempt to quench the stars" -- "A regular nest of fire" : the West Division -- "It was nothing but excitement" : the South division -- "I gave up all hopes of being able to save much of anything" : the North Division -- Endgame -- "Pray for me" -- "Chicago shall rise again" -- Controversy and control -- "More strength and greater hope" : getting going -- The triumph of the fire-proof ticket -- Who started the great Chicago fire? -- The limits of limits -- New Chicago -- City on fire -- Celebrating destruction.
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Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago had grown at a breathtaking pace in barely three decades, from just over 4,000 in 1840 to greater than 330,000 at the time of the fire. Built hastily, the city was largely made of wood. Once it began the fire quickly grew out of control, twice jumping branches of the Chicago River on its relentless northeastward path through the city's three divisions. Between October 8-10, 1871 close to one of every three Chicago residents was left homeless and more were instantly unemployed, though the death toll was miraculously low. Smith chronicles the city's rapid growth, the fire, and the way Chicago rose back up from the ashes thanks to local determination and the world's generosity and faith in Chicago's future. -- adapted from jacket
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