Title:
Under a flaming sky : the great Hinckley firestorm of 1894 / Daniel James Brown.
ISBN:
9781493022007
9781592288632
9780061236259
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2006]
©2006
Physical Description:
xi, 256 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm
General Note:
Special features and enhancements may vary by copy.
Awards Note:
Minnesota Book Awards.
Contents:
1. Night music -- 2. Morning -- 3. Home -- 4. Something wicked -- 5. The cauldron -- 6. Ragnarok -- 7. Under the stone -- 8. Into the ring -- 9. Out of the ashes -- 10. The broken season -- 11. Drifting embers.
Summary:
Describes the devastating events of September 1894, when two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, and surrounding communities, trapping more than two thousand people and ultimately costing more than four hundred lives.
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Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
ocm67537078
Availability:
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