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Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
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by Denise Gess and William Lutz
Sales Rank: 458750
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List Price: $16.00
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Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
Published by: Holt Paperbacks June 1, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0805072934
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0805072938
Book Dimensions:
8.1 x 5.4 x 1 inches
Weighs: 9.6 ounces
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History (Hardcover)
The massive Tornado-whipped fire that engulfed the town of Preshtigo, Wisconsin, on October 8, 1871, was one of the deadliest natural disasters in American history, consuming perhaps as many as 2500 lives. And yet it is little remembered today because it occurred at the exact same time as another inferno was consuming the city of Chicago. While the Chicago fire may have wrought more impressive physical destruction, by comparison it was only one-tenth as deadly. Authors Denise Gess and Willaim Lutz now recreate the history of the Preshtigo Fire for modern readers. They set the backdrop by telling a bit about the town before the fire and the people who inhabit it. Then they give accounts of the blaze through the eyes of those few who managed to survive. The descriptions of the blaze and particularly of its aftermath are unrelentingly gruesome and haunting. Gess and Lutz are fine writers. The book is well researched and highly readable. My only quibble is that at just over 220 pages of text it is a tad slight for a work of history. Overall, "Firestorm at Preshtigo" is a haunting true life tale that should be of much appeal to history and disaster buffs.
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