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100 1  Hopkinson, Deborah,|eauthor. 
245 14 The deadliest fires then and now /|cby Deborah Hopkinson. 
246 3  Deadliest fires then & now 
246 30 Fires then and now 
246 30 Fires then & now 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bScholastic Focus,|c2022. 
300    216 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    1050L|bLexile 
500    Accelerated Reader|bMG|c7.2|d4|z516860 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-209) and 
       index. 
520    "As the sun sank over the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, one
       warm October night in 1871, a smoky haze hung in the dry 
       air. There had been little rain, and small fires had been 
       rolling through town continuously since the summer. For 
       weeks the people had tried to protect their homes and 
       businesses from fire. But they could not protect 
       themselves from what would culminate in the deadliest fire
       in American history. As industrialization surged across 
       the country, and Westward colonization leveled forests to 
       build cities, fires became a mainstay in American life. 
       And as populations grew, so too did the human toll that 
       fire could exact. Through the nineteenth and twentieth 
       centuries, Americans searched for new and innovative ways 
       to combat the threat of fire. And with climate change 
       threatening to set the whole world aflame, we are once 
       again in a fight for our planet's future. Through the eyes
       of scientists, witnesses, and survivors of terrible fires 
       alike . . . [the author] brings the horrific history of 
       deadly fires to life, tracing a line from the Peshtigo and
       Great Chicago fires of 1871 to the wildfires raging in the
       western United States today"--Provided by publisher. 
521 8  1050L|bLexile 
526 0  Accelerated Reader|bMG|c7.2|d4|z516860 
650  0 Fires|zUnited States|xHistory|vJuvenile literature. 
650  0 Wildfires|zUnited States|xHistory|vJuvenile literature.