Murphy, Jim

Summary: Accounts of actual survivors and historical writings are woven together to create a thrilling book about the 1871 Chicago Fire, that reads like an adventure story.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MUR

Murphy, Jim

Summary: By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, [the author] constructs a ... narrative that recreates the events.... And finally, he reveals how, even in a time of deepest despair, the human spirit triumphed, as the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to build their city once again. -Dust jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1995

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 977.3 MUR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.311 MUR