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1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations |
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text file rda |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; One: The Circus Comes to Town; Two: "The Greatest Show On Earth"; Three: Fire!; Four: "The Day the Clowns Cried"; Five: Municipal Hospital; Six: "Who Knows This Child?"; Seven: Who Was to Blame?; Eight: Accident or Arson?; Nine: A Name for Little Miss 1565; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Image Credits; Index; Back Flip; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
Big Top Burning investigates the 1944 Hartford circus fire and invites readers to take part in a critical evaluation of the evidence The fire broke out at 2:40 p.m. Thousands of men, women, and children were crowded under Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's big top watching the Flying Wallendas begin their death-defying high-wire act. Suddenly someone screamed "Fire!" and the panic began. By 2:50 the tent had burned to the ground. Not everyone had made it out alive. With primary source documents and survivor interviews, Big Top Burning recounts the true story of the 1944 Hartford circus fi. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 3 182050 |
| Summary |
Draws upon primary source documents and survivor interviews to recount the story of one of the worst disasters in American history, the 1944 Hartford circus fire, which claimed the lives of over one hundred people. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index. |
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Prologue -- The circus comes to town -- "The greatest show on earth" -- Fire! -- "The day the clowns cried" -- Municipal hospital -- "Who knows this child?" -- Who was to blame? -- Accident or arson? -- A name for Little Miss 1565 -- Epilogue. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History.
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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows. |
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Hartford Circus Fire (Connecticut : 1944) |
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1900-1999 |
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Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 -- Juvenile literature.
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Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Arson -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Dead -- Identification -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.
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Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944.
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Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History.
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Arson -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History.
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Dead -- Identification -- Case studies.
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Arson. |
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Dead -- Identification. |
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Fires. |
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Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Connecticut -- Hartford. |
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Electronic books. |
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Case studies.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Woollett, Laura A. Big top burning Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2015] 9781613731147 (DLC) 2014036121 (OCoLC)890912597 |
| ISBN |
9781613731178 : $14.99 |
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1613731175 : $14.99 |
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