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Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire by Denise Gess
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- ISBN
- 9780805067804
- Book Title
- Firestorm at Peshtigo : a Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
- Publisher
- Holt & Company, Henry
- Item Length
- 10.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Nature, History
- Topic
- Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / 19th Century, General
- Item Weight
- 20.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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A riveting account of a monster firestorm - the rarest kind of catastrophic fire - and the extraordinary people who survived its wrath. On October 8, 1871 - the same night as the Great Chicago Fire - an even deadlier conflagration was sweeping through the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, 260 miles north of Chicago. The five-mile-wide wall of flames, borne on tornado-force winds of 100 miles per hour, tore across more than 2,400 square miles of land, obliterating Peshtigo in less than one hour and killing more than 2,000 people. Firestorm at Peshtigo places the reader at the center of the blow-out. Through accounts of newspaper publishers Luther Noyes and Franklin Tilton, lumber baron Isaac Stephenson, parish priest Father Peter Pernin, and meteorologist Increase Lapham - the only person who understood the unusual and dangerous nature of this fire - Denise Gess and William Lutz re-create the story of the people, the politics, and the place behind this monumental natural disaster, delivering it from the lost annals of American history. Drawn from survivors' letters, diaries, interviews, and local newspapers, Firestorm at Peshtigo tells the human story behind America's deadliest wildfire.
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Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
0805067809
ISBN-13
9780805067804
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2193305
Product Key Features
Book Title
Firestorm at Peshtigo : a Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / 19th Century, General
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Nature, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Lccn
2002-017279
Dewey Decimal
967.62/03
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Lc Classification Number
F589.P48g78
Copyright Date
2002
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