"Personal accounts of survivors and careful research result in a narrative that recreates the events of Chicago's Great Fire and relates how the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to rebuild their city after the devastating fire of 1871."
"Combines research with the personal stories of survivors to provide an account of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871."@en
"Personal accounts of survivors and careful research helped construct a narrative of how the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to rebuild their city after the devastating fire of 1871."@en
"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."
"Accounts of actual survivors and historical writings are woven together to create a thrilling book about the 1871 Chicago Fire, that reads like an adventure story."@en
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