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Title:
Big top burning : the true story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on Earth / Laura A. Woollett.
ISBN:
9781613731147
Personal Author:
Woollett, Laura A.
Publication Information:
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2015]
Physical Description:
167 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
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.
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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 7.1 3 182050
Corporate Subject:
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History.
Geographic Term:
Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- 20th century.
Subject Term:
Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944

Fires--Connecticut--Hartford -- History

Arson--Connecticut--Hartford -- History

Dead -- Identification -- Case studies
Interest age level:
Ages 10 & up
OCLC Number:
ocn890912597
Availability:
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