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The circus fire : a true story

Author: Stewart O'Nan
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Chronicles the disastrous Hartford circus fire of 1944, a tragedy that claimed 167 lives and changed the history of the city.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-
Circus fire.
New York : Doubleday, 2000
(OCoLC)594611630
Online version:
O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-
Circus fire.
New York : Doubleday, 2000
(OCoLC)606342649
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stewart O'Nan
ISBN: 0385496842 9780385496841
OCLC Number: 42049262
Description: xiii, 370 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Cleveland, 1942 --
July 4, 1944 --
Principals --
July 5, 1944 --
July 6, 1944 --
Circus Day --
Showtime --
The Point of Origin --
Our Boys in Uniform --
Blue Sky --
Animal Acts --
The Bravest Girl I've Ever Seen --
This Ain't No Time to Faint, Lady --
Don't Look Back --
The Stars and Stripes Forever --
Ten More Bars! --
Death by Fire --
Alive, Alive, Alive --
Have You Seen Him? --
Bringing Out the Dead --
Triage --
Unexpected Guests --
Extra, Extra --
We Can't Reach You, Hartford --
A G.I. Party --
The Names of the Dead --
Bad Face --
Evidence --
In the Evening, Sun Is Going Down --
Go to Sleep --
Bad News --
Were You in Cleveland? --
All Through the Night --
And on Till Morning --
July 7, 1944 --
July 8, 1944 --
July 9, 1944 --
July 10, 1944 --
July 11-July 15, 1944 --
July 15-July 31, 1944 --
August-December, 1944 --
1945 --
1946-1950 --
1950 --
1950-1990 --
1990-1991 --
1991-1999.
Responsibility: by Stewart O'Nan.
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Chronicles the disastrous Hartford circus fire of 1944, a tragedy that claimed 167 lives and changed the history of the city.

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