Big top burning, the true story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on Earth, Laura A. Woollett
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Creator
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Subject
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- Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- 20th century
- Dead -- Identification -- Case studies
- Arson -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History
- Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944
- Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 -- Juvenile literature
- Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Dead -- Identification -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature
- Arson -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- 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
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-155) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Big top burning
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
890912597
Responsibility statement
Laura A. Woollett
Sub title
the true story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on Earth
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
Table of contents
Prologue -- The circus comes to town -- "The greatest show on earth" -- Fire! -- "The day the clowns cried" -- Municipal hospital -- "Who knows this child?" -- Who was to blame? -- Accident or arson? -- A name for Little Miss 1565 -- Epilogue
Target audience
juvenile
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1