What Was the Great Chicago Fire?

Janet B. Pascal, Who Hq, and Tim Foley

Paperback

Regular price $5.99
Regular price Sale price $5.99
Shipping calculated at checkout.

Items available in store will have a number before "in stock"

Availability: In stock
SKU: 9780399541582
Penguin Young Readers GroupWhere Are the Galapagos Islands?
Where Are the Galapagos Islands? by Stine, Megan
Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy? by Bader, Bonnie
Penguin Young Readers GroupWho Was Jacqueline Kennedy?
Regular price $5.99
Regular price Sale price $5.99
Did the Great Chicago Fire really start after a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn? Find out the truth in this addition to the What Was? series.

On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks burned down, making it impossible to fight the fire. Finally after two days, Mother Nature took over, with rain smothering the flames. This overview of a stupendous disaster not only covers the fire but explores the whole history of fire fighting.

Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 10/25/2016
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780399541582
Age: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 186694 / What Was the Great Chicago Fire?

About the Author
Janet Pascal is the Executive Production Editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Abraham Lincoln?, What Is the Panama Canal?, and What Was the Hindenburg?