The circus fire
Subtitle: a true story
By: by Stewart O'Nan
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780385496841
Subjects: Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows; Fires; History
Description: Chronicles the disastrous Hartford circus fire of 1944, a tragedy that claimed 167 lives and changed the history of the city.
Table of contents: title: Cleveland, 1942 --; title: July 4, 1944 --; title: Principals --; title: July 5, 1944 --; title: July 6, 1944 --; title: Circus Day --; title: Showtime --; title: The Point of Origin --; title: Our Boys in Uniform --; title: Blue Sky --; title: Animal Acts --; title: The Bravest Girl I've Ever Seen --; title: This Ain't No Time to Faint, Lady --; title: Don't Look Back --; title: The Stars and Stripes Forever --; title: Ten More Bars! --; title: Death by Fire --; title: Alive, Alive, Alive --; title: Have You Seen Him? --; title: Bringing Out the Dead --; title: Triage --; title: Unexpected Guests --; title: Extra, Extra --; title: We Can't Reach You, Hartford --; title: A G.I. Party --; title: The Names of the Dead --; title: Bad Face --; title: Evidence --; title: In the Evening, Sun Is Going Down --; title: Go to Sleep --; title: Bad News --; title: Were You in Cleveland? --; title: All Through the Night --; title: And on Till Morning --; title: July 7, 1944 --; title: July 8, 1944 --; title: July 9, 1944 --; title: July 10, 1944 --; title: July 11-July 15, 1944 --; title: July 15-July 31, 1944 --; title: August-December, 1944 --; title: 1945 --; title: 1946-1950 --; title: 1950 --; title: 1950-1990 --; title: 1990-1991 --; title: 1991-1999.