Smoldering City
Subtitle: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874 (Historical Studies of Urban America)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780226735474
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Social history; Social impact of disasters; Urban communities; c 1800 to c 1900; History Of Individual Cities; Illinois - Local History; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / State & Local; Chicago (Ill.); Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 187; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; To 1875
First sentence: On October 8, 1871, an entire American community burned to the ground.