Big top burning : the story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on Earth

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

Author/creator	Woollett, Laura A. author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2015]
Copyright Notice	©2015
Description	167 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows--History --Juvenile literature. Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944--Juvenile literature. Fires--Connecticut --Hartford --History --Juvenile literature. Arson--Connecticut --Hartford --History --Juvenile literature. Dead--Identification --Case studies --Juvenile literature. Hartford (Conn.)--History --20th century --Juvenile literature.

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.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index.
LCCN	2014036121
ISBN	9781613731147 (cloth)
ISBN	1613731140
Stock number	1393876 QBI

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	TRC Nonfiction	974.6 W8853B	✔ Available	Place Hold