The deadliest fires then and now Cover Image

The deadliest fires then and now / by Deborah Hopkinson.

Fires then and now (portion title)

Summary:

"As the sun sank over the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, one warm October night in 1871, a smoky haze hung in the dry air. There had been little rain, and small fires had been rolling through town continuously since the summer. For weeks the people had tried to protect their homes and businesses from fire. But they could not protect themselves from what would culminate in the deadliest fire in American history. As industrialization surged across the country, and Westward colonization leveled forests to build cities, fires became a mainstay in American life. And as populations grew, so too did the human toll that fire could exact. Through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Americans searched for new and innovative ways to combat the threat of fire. Andwith climate change threatening to set the whole world aflame, we are once again in a fight for our planet's future. Through the eyes of scientists, witnesses, and survivors of terrible fires alike, Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson brings the horrific history of deadly fires to life, tracing a line from the Peshtigo and Great Chicago fires of 1871 to the wildfires raging in the western United States today"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781338360233
ISBN: 133836023X
ISBN: 9781338360257
ISBN: 1338360256
Physical Description: 216 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Scholastic Focus, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"True stories in focus" -- Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The nineteenth century: the great midwest fies of 1871 -- The twentieth century: fires that shook America -- The twenty-first century: a new world of fire.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 7-10 Scholastic Focus. Grades 4-6 Scholastic Focus.