Download or read book A Story of the Chicago Fire Classic Reprint written by David Swing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-07-29 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Story of the Chicago Fire HE art of writing made it possible for man to keep a history of his race; fig? But that art coming to a certain time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Great Chicago Fire written by Paul McClelland Angle and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great Chicago Fire: Described in Seven Letters by Men and Women Who Experienced Its Horrors Here is the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 the catastrophe which, in little more than twenty-four hours, took 300 lives, left people homeless, and destroyed property worth - described in letters written by men and women who lived through it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Personal Experiences During the Chicago Fire 1871 Classic Reprint written by Frank Joseph Loesch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Personal Experiences During the Chicago Fire 1871 North Side Turner Hall, where good music was the rule afternoons and evenings. Therefore church attendance was much more general than it is now. I would say that Chicago was then a City of Churches. I attended many services in different churches and often found standing room at a premium on Sunday evenings. As churchgoers were coming out of their places of worship on Sunday evening, fire bells were ringing furiously and a rapidly increasing red glare towards the Southwest Side indicated that another fire had broken out. A strong hot wind had been blowing from the southwest during the day and it seemed to have gained in strength at this time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Letter From the Fire written by Thomas Dove Foster and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Letter From the Fire: Being an Account of the Great Chicago Fire, Written in 1871 In more modern times the great fire of London holds the center of the stage. In extent and results it was not unlike the Chicago fire of two centuries later. How little does man profit by the lessons and the losses of the past! London burned for four days and five-sixths of the City within the walls was consumed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Reminiscences of Chicago During the Great Fire Classic Reprint written by Mabel Mcilvaine and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reminiscences of Chicago During the Great Fire This series still continues to be the work of the apprentices of the Press. During the past year a most important event happened in the history of the apprentice school: in August occurred its first commencement, at which were graduated as journeymen twenty-seven young men who had been taught their trade in the school and factory, - an achievement unique in the history of American presses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Heat Wave written by Eric Klinenberg and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “compelling” story behind the 1995 Chicago weather disaster that killed hundreds—and what it revealed about our broken society (Boston Globe). On July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index—how the temperature actually feels on the body—would hit 126. When the heat wave broke a week later, city streets had buckled; records for electrical use were shattered; and power grids had failed, leaving residents without electricity for up to two days. By July 20, over seven hundred people had perished—twenty times the number of those struck down by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Heat waves kill more Americans than all other natural disasters combined. Until now, no one could explain either the overwhelming number or the heartbreaking manner of the deaths resulting from the 1995 Chicago heat wave. Meteorologists and medical scientists have been unable to account for the scale of the trauma, and political officials have puzzled over the sources of the city’s vulnerability. In Heat Wave, Eric Klinenberg takes us inside the anatomy of the metropolis to conduct what he calls a “social autopsy,” examining the social, political, and institutional organs of the city that made this urban disaster so much worse than it ought to have been. He investigates why some neighborhoods experienced greater mortality than others, how city government responded, and how journalists, scientists, and public officials reported and explained these events. Through years of fieldwork, interviews, and research, he uncovers the surprising and unsettling forms of social breakdown that contributed to this human catastrophe as hundreds died alone behind locked doors and sealed windows, out of contact with friends, family, community groups, and public agencies. As this incisive and gripping account demonstrates, the widening cracks in the social foundations of American cities made visible by the 1995 heat wave remain in play in America’s cities today—and we ignore them at our peril. Includes photos and a new preface on meeting the challenges of climate change in urban centers “Heat Wave is not so much a book about weather, as it is about the calamitous consequences of forgetting our fellow citizens. . . . A provocative, fascinating book, one that applies to much more than weather disasters.” —Chicago Sun-Times “It’s hard to put down Heat Wave without believing you’ve just read a tale of slow murder by public policy.” —Salon “A classic. I can’t recommend it enough.” —Chris Hayes
Download or read book Daniel Trentworthy written by John McGovern and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Daniel Trentworthy: A Tale of the Great Fire of Chicago Human history must deal with human interest. Events thought to be unimportant in their day may tower up with the ages - as the death of Shakespeare. Events great as a royal marriage may be buried as deeply in a library as they could be inhumed in oblivion; for what is oblivion but lack of interest by the living? All is for the living; nothing for the dead. Let us then deal candidly with events, subjectively as to their merits, objectively as to the interest they arouse, at once and forever. By that means we may perhaps claim that in three centuries there have been but three events in the first class of human interest - namely: Seventeenth century, the works and death of Shakespeare. Eighteenth century, the French Revolution. Nineteenth century, the destruction of Chicago. I shall tell a simple tale of the nineteenth century which may hold the reader's attention because of the august presence of a kingly event. I shall ask the man of keen sympathy and sound imagination to pass through days that must seem longer than days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book I Survived the Great Chicago Fire 1871 I Survived 11 written by Lauren Tarshis and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could an entire city really burn to the ground? Oscar Starling never wanted to come to Chicago. But then Oscar finds himself not just in the heart of the big city, but in the middle of a terrible fire! No one knows exactly how it began, but one thing is clear: Chicago is like a giant powder keg about to explode.An army of firemen is trying to help, but this fire is a ferocious beast that wants to devour everything in its path, including Oscar! Will Oscar survive one of the most famous and devastating fires in history? Lauren Tarshis brings history's most exciting and terrifying events to life in this New York Times-bestselling series. Readers will be transported by stories of amazing kids and how they survived!
Download or read book The Great Conflagration Chicago written by James W. Sheahan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great Conflagration; Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future Chicago IN 1871. View from City Hall, looking south and southeast. City hall before the fire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book REPORT OF CHICAGO FIRE OF MARC written by Chicago Board of Underwriters and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of Chicago Fire of March 15, 1922: Embracing C. B. And Q. R. R. Co. Office Building, Atlantic and Austin (Springer) Buildings and Others Note - Where no figures are stated, it is for the reason either that adjustment has not been com pleted, or that figures were not obtained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 written by Paul Bennie and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What really happened in Mrs. O'Leary's barn that autumn night in Chicago? Though no one knows for sure, what is certain is someone, or something, ignited a load of hay on fire, and the city of Chicago would never be the same.
Download or read book Chicago Commerce Vol 17 written by Chicago Association of Commerce and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chicago Commerce, Vol. 17: Chicago Fire Semi-Centennial Celebration Issue; October 1, 1921 The Coming of the Cross Time, 1673. Place, Mouth of the Chicago River. Interpreted by St. Ignatius School. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Great Chicago Fire written by Ross Miller and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the great Chicago fire of 1871 and the rebuilding that followed, focusing on how the city manipulated the tragedy into a lasting myth about the modern struggle against adversity.
Download or read book Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief written by Carl Smith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman—these remarkable events in what many considered the quintessential American city forced people across the country to confront the disorder that seemed inevitably to accompany urban growth and social change. In Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief, Carl Smith explores the imaginative dimensions of these events as he traces the evolution of interconnected beliefs and actions that increasingly linked city, disorder, and social reality in the minds of Americans. Examining a remarkable range of writings and illustrations, as well as protests, public gatherings, trials, hearings, and urban reform and construction efforts, Smith argues that these three events—and the public awareness of them—not only informed one another, but collectively shaped how Americans understood, and continue to understand, Chicago and modern urban life. This classic of urban cultural history is updated with a foreword by the author that expands our understanding of urban disorder to encompass such recent examples as Hurricane Katrina, the Oklahoma City Bombing, and 9/11. “Cultural history at its finest. By utilizing questions and methodologies of urban studies, social history, and literary history, Smith creates a sophisticated account of changing visions of urban America.”—Robin F. Bachin, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Download or read book Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of Disbursement of Contributions written by Chicago Relief and Aid Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of Disbursement of Contributions: For the Sufferers by the Chicago Fire Those who bore large share in these contributions have frequently and urgently expressed the wish that such a report might in due time be published, and that in view of the possibility of a similar calamity befalling other parts of the world, the experiences and agencies found valuable and efficient by this Society should be em bodied in some permanent form. The sympathy of mankind, and its fruit of charity, were not wholly unlooked for in the time of our unprecedented need, yet so instant and world-wide were these, that they came as a revelation of neighborly helpfulness, causing surprise not only to the stricken thousands who were the grateful recipients, but to all mankind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Chicago Fire and the Fire Insurance Companies written by James H. Goodsell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Chicago Fire and the Fire Insurance Companies: An Exhibit of the Capital, Assets, and Losses of the Companies, Together With a Graphic Account of the Disaster, Accompanied by Maps of Chicago Showing the Burned District Many of these expanded companies, with small capital and no surplus, have been swept away by this great calamity, while the solid ones, which refused to enter into cheap competition with them, for the most part stand firm as a rock. The dear-bought experience of hundreds of ruined policyholders, upon this occasion, will probably teach them that "the cheapest is not always the best," and that our fire insurance system, in order to be efficient, and to practically afford that protection to the community which it professes to guaranty, must be established on a sound and strong foundation. Propertyholders cannot expect such sure protection unless they are willing to pay a fair price for it; and by encouraging that cheap competition among insurance agents which is manifestly incompatible with a safe and legitimate business, they only repel and restrict the sphere of those conservative and prudent institutions, which alone are trustworthy, and capable of performing what they promise in such emergencies as the present. The Duty Of The Hour. Whatever other effects may follow the recent disaster at Chicago, there is one result which Must come from this calamity, as matter of vital necessity both for the agents and for the companies they represent. The rates of premium must be advanced at once to a paying point, and by means of concerted action on the part of all agents everywhere. We doubt not the agents' recognition of this necessity, nor their disposition to meet it; but action, not theory, is what is wanted, and they should not lose a moment in profiting, by the public engrossment with insurance matters, to organize themselves in a solid phalanx against a relapse of insurance interests into the old channels of ruinous competition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Chicago and the Great Conflagration Classic Reprint written by Elias Colbert and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chicago and the Great Conflagration About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
