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PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-101609499077
ISBN-139781609499075
eBay Product ID (ePID)159823202
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Book TitleFire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards : a History of Flame and Folly in the Jungle
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAgriculture / Animal Husbandry, Natural Disasters, Subjects & Themes / Historical, Fire Science, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Publication Year2013
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Technology & Engineering, Photography, History
AuthorJohn F. Hogan, Alex A. Burkholder
Book SeriesDisaster Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisWade into the endless smoke of Chicago's Union Stock Yards, the site of nearly three hundred extra-alarm fires before its closure in 1971, including some of the most disastrous conflagrations of a city famous for fire. In 1910, twenty-one firemen and three civilians were killed in a blaze at a beef warehouse--the largest death toll for an organized fire department in the nation prior to 9/11. The meatpackers who ran the yards considered the constant threat of fire as part of the cost of doing business, shrugging it off with an, "It's all right, we're fully covered." For the firefighters who were forced to plunge into the flames again and again, it was an entirely different matter.
LC Classification NumberHD9419.U4H64 2013
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