The great Chicago fire /

Balcavage, Dynise.

The great Chicago fire / [by] Dynise Balcavage. - Philadelphia, PA : Chelsea, 2002. - 111 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. - Great disasters, reforms and ramifications .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Recounts the great fire which destroyed one-third of Chicago and left thousands homeless in 1871, and the resulting social and safety reforms that were adopted.

4-8.

0791052699

2001028283


Fires--History.--Chicago (Ill.)


Chicago (Ill.)--History.

F548.42 / .B22 2002

977.3/11041