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Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
Firestorm at Peshtigo A Town Its People and the Deadliest Fire in American History
Author: William Lutz, Denise Gess
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-w...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805067804
ISBN-10: 0805067809
Publication Date: 8/2/2002
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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