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Woollett, Laura A.
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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 -- Juvenile literature.
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Woollett, Laura A.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 -- Juvenile literature.
Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Arson -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Dead -- Identification -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.
Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Big top burning : the true story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on Earth / Laura A. Woollett.
by
Woollett, Laura A.
Chicago Review Press, c2015.
Call #:
974.6 W913b
Subjects
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
--
History
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Fires
--
Connecticut
--
Hartford
--
History
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Arson
--
Connecticut
--
Hartford
--
History
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Dead
--
Identification
--
Case
studies
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Hartford (Conn.)
--
History
--
20th century
--
Juvenile
literature
.
ISBN:
9781613731147 (hc)
1613731140 (hc)
Description:
167 p. : ill., phhotos ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index.
Contents:
Prologue
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The circus comes to town
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"The greatest show on earth"
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Fire!
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"The day the clowns cried"
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Municipal hospital
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"Who knows this child?"
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Who was to blame?
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Accident or arson?
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A name for Little Miss 1565
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Epilogue.
Summary:
Draws upon primary source documents and survivor interviews to recount the story of one of the worst disasters in American history, the 1944 Hartford circus fire, which claimed the lives of over one hundred people.
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