What Was the Great Chicago Fire
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
What Was the Great Chicago Fire
By (Author) Janet B. Pascal
By (author) Who HQ
Illustrated by Tim Foley
Penguin Putnam Inc
Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
1st December 2016
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Physical world
977.311041
Physical Properties
Paperback
112
Width 136mm, Height 194mm, Spine 7mm
125g
Description
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. 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.
Author Bio
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
