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Publisher : University of Michigan Library
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Total Pages : 116 pages
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Download or read book The Lakeside Memorial of the Burning of Chicago, A. D. 1871 ... written by and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9781332345359
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book The Lakeside Memorial of the Burning of Chicago written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lakeside Memorial of the Burning of Chicago: A. D. 1871, With Illustrations The Conflagration of Chicago, October 8th and 9th, Anno Domini 1871, will form a memorable event in the future history not only of our own country but of the world; and therefore it is that we propose to embody in a permanent and accessible form for the benefit of the future annalist, the principal incidents connected with this tremendous event. This conflagration; in the amount of property consumed, is beyond the memory or example of ancient or modern times. Other great conflagrations, like those of London and of Moscow, swept away districts but imperfectly built, which subsequent enterprise beautified and adorned; but this conflagration wiped out the most substantially-built and beautifully adorned portion of the city structures, which in their solidity and in their architectural details commanded the admiration of every beholder. There are men yet living and in the prime of manhood, who saw the site of Chicago when it was but a wet prairie. They have seen its fairest portions laid in waste; and they will live, very many of them, to see every trace of this waste obliterated. The same causes which led to the rapid growth of this city are still in operation; and this conflagration, disastrous as it was, will prove but a temporary check in the development of the great metropolis of the Northwest. To comprehend the causes of the unprecedented growth of the city, and at the same time the magnitude of the disaster, it may not be deemed inopportune if we recur to her earlier history, and trace her progress, step by step, from small beginnings until she attained her late commanding position the fourth city in point of population, and the third city in point of commercial importance, in the United States. 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.
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ISBN 13 : 9781436621113
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (211 download)
Download or read book The Lakeside Memorial of the Burning of Chicago 1871 written by University Publishing Company and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Carl Smith
Publisher : Grove Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802148115
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Chicago's Great Fire written by Carl Smith and published by Grove Atlantic. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive chronicle of the 1871 Chicago Fire as remembered by those who experienced it—from the author of Chicago and the American Literary Imagination. Over three days in October, 1871, much of Chicago, Illinois, was destroyed by one of the most legendary urban fires in history. Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago had grown at a breathtaking pace in the intervening decades—and much of the hastily-built city was made of wood. Starting in Catherine and Patrick O’Leary’s barn, the Fire quickly grew out of control, twice jumping branches of the Chicago River on its relentless path through the city’s three divisions. While the death toll was miraculously low, nearly a third of Chicago residents were left homeless and more were instantly unemployed. This popular history of the Great Chicago Fire approaches the subject through the memories of those who experienced it. Chicago historian Carl Smith builds the story around memorable characters, both known to history and unknown, including the likes of General Philip Sheridan and Robert Todd Lincoln. Smith chronicles the city’s rapid growth and its place in America’s post-Civil War expansion. The dramatic story of the fire—revealing human nature in all its guises—became one of equally remarkable renewal, as Chicago quickly rose back up from the ashes thanks to local determination and the world’s generosity. As we approach the fire’s 150th anniversary, Carl Smith’s compelling narrative at last gives this epic event its full and proper place in our national chronicle. “The best book ever written about the fire, a work of deep scholarship by Carl Smith that reads with the forceful narrative of a fine novel. It puts the fire and its aftermath in historical, political and social context. It’s a revelatory pleasure to read.” —Chicago Tribune
Author : Carl Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226764257
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
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
Author : Bessie Louise Pierce
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226668428
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book History of Chicago, Volume III written by Bessie Louise Pierce and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major history of Chicago ever written, A History of Chicago covers the city’s great history over two centuries, from 1673 to 1893. Originally conceived as a centennial history of Chicago, the project became, under the guidance of renowned historian Bessie Louise Pierce, a definitive, three-volume set describing the city’s growth—from its humble frontier beginnings to the horrors of the Great Fire, the construction of some of the world’s first skyscrapers, and the opulence of the 1893 World’s Fair. Pierce and her assistants spent over forty years transforming historical records into an inspiring human story of growth and survival. Rich with anecdotal evidence and interviews with the men and women who made Chicago great, all three volumes will now be available for the first time in years. A History of Chicago will be essential reading for anyone who wants to know this great city and its place in America. “With this rescue of its history from the bright, impressionable newspapermen and from the subscription-volumes, Chicago builds another impressive memorial to its coming of age, the closing of its first ‘century of progress.’”—E. D. Branch, New York Times (1937)
Author : Lisa Krissoff Boehm
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415949293
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (492 download)
Download or read book Popular Culture and the Enduring Myth of Chicago, 1871-1968 written by Lisa Krissoff Boehm and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an examination of the image of Chicago in American popular culture between the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and Chicago's 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Author : Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031504461
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Fire Hazards: Socio-economic and Regional Issues written by Jesús Rodrigo-Comino and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christy Marx
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823944873
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (448 download)
Download or read book The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 written by Christy Marx and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the 1871 fire that destroyed much of Chicago, Illinois, examining its causes, the resulting devastation, and its aftermath.
Author : Alfred Theodore Andreas
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Total Pages : 930 pages
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Download or read book History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885 written by Alfred Theodore Andreas and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bessie Louise Pierce
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Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of Chicago ...: 1871-1893 written by Bessie Louise Pierce and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book American Book Prices Current written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
Author : Parke-Bernet Galleries
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Total Pages : 1128 pages
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Download or read book Sales written by Parke-Bernet Galleries and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 1128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven Biel
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814713459
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book American Disasters written by Steven Biel and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging widely, essayists here examine the 1900 storm that ravaged Galveston, Texas, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Titanic sinking, the Northridge earthquake, the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, the 1977 Chicago El train crash, and many other devastating events. These catastrophes elicited vastly different responses, and thus raise a number of important questions. How, for example did African Americans, feminists, and labor activists respond to the Titanic disaster? Why did the El train crash take on such symbolic meaning for the citizens of Chicago? In what ways did the San Francisco earthquake reaffirm rather than challenge a predominant faith in progress?
Author : Scott W. Berg
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0804197857
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Burning of the World written by Scott W. Berg and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enthralling story of the Great Chicago Fire and the power struggle over the city’s reconstruction in the wake of the tragedy In October of 1871, Chicagoans knew they were due for the “big one”—a massive, uncontrollable fire that would decimate the city. There hadn’t been a meaningful rain since July, and several big blazes had nearly outstripped the fire department’s scant resources. On October 8, when Kate Leary’s barn caught fire, so began a catastrophe that would forever change the soul of the city. Leary was a diligent, hardworking Irish woman, no more responsible for the fire than anyone else in the city at that time. But the conflagration that spread from her property quickly overtook the neighborhood, and before too long the floating embers had spread to the far reaches of the city. Families took to the streets with everything they could carry. Grain towers threatened to blow. The Chicago River boiled. Over the course of the next forty-eight hours, Chicago saw the biggest and most destructive disaster the United States had ever endured, and Leary would be its scapegoat. Out of the ashes rose not just new skyscrapers, tenements, and homes, but also a new political order. The city’s elite saw an opportunity to rebuild on their terms, cracking down on crime and licentiousness and fortifying a business-friendly environment. But the city’s working class recognized a naked power grab that would challenge their traditions, hurt their chances of rebuilding, and move power out of elected officials’ hands and into private interests. As quickly as the firefight ended, another battle for the future of the city began between the town’s business elites and the poor and immigrant working class. An enrapturing account of the fire’s devastating path and an eye-opening look at its aftermath, The Burning of the World tells the story of one of the most infamous calamities in history and the powerful transformation that followed.
