An edition of Big top burning
(2015)
Big top burning
the story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on earth
by Laura A. Woollett
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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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Arson, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Dead, Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944, Fires, Case studies, Identification, Juvenile literature, History, Ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus, Fire, juvenile literature, Dead, juvenile literature, Connecticut, history, Connecticut, juvenile literaturePlaces
Connecticut, Hartford, Hartford (Conn.)Times
20th century
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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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index.
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