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Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow by Richard F. Bales (2002, Hardcover)

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PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-100786414243
ISBN-139780786414246
eBay Product ID (ePID)2349704

Product Key Features

Book TitleGreat Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'leary's Cow
Number of Pages350 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicUnited States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorRichard F. Bales
FormatHardcover

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Item Weight60 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-010361
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal977.3/11041
SynopsisThe Great Chicago Fire of 1871 swallowed up more than three square miles in two days, leaving thousands homeless and 300 dead. Throughout history, the fire has been attributed to Mrs. O'Leary, an immigrant Irish milkmaid, and her cow. On one level, the tale of Mrs. O'Leary's cow is merely the quintessential urban legend. But the story also represents a means by which the upper classes of Chicago could blame the fire's chaos on a member of the working poor.Although that fire destroyed the official county documents, some land tract records were saved. Using this and other primary source information, Richard F. Bales created a scale drawing that reconstructed the O'Leary neighborhood. Next he turned to the transcripts--more than 1,100 handwritten pages--from an investigation conducted by the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners, which interviewed 50 people over the course of 12 days. The board's final report, published in the Chicago newspapers on December 12, 1871, indicates that commissioners were unable to determine the cause of the fire. And yet, by analyzing the 50 witnesses' testimonies, the author concludes that the commissioners could have determined the cause of the fire had they desired to do so. Being more concerned with saving their own reputation from post-fire reports of incompetence, drunkenness and bribery, the commissioners failed to press forward for an answer. The author has uncovered solid evidence as to what really caused the Great Chicago Fire.
LC Classification NumberF548.42.B23 2002

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