Bibliograph

Big top burning, the true story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on Earth, Laura A. Woollett

Type

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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 147-156) 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

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

Target audience

juvenile

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Creator