Fire At Peshtigo
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Firestorm At Peshtigo
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Author : Denise Gess
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2003-06
Firestorm At Peshtigo written by Denise Gess and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A novelist and historian team up to tell the story of the October 1871 fire in the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, vividly re-creating the personal and political battles leading to this monumental natural disaster, and delivering it from the lost annals of American history. 16-page insert. 3 maps.
The Great Peshtigo Fire
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Author : Peter Pernin
language : en
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Release Date : 2014-10-30
The Great Peshtigo Fire written by Peter Pernin and has been published by Wisconsin Historical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-30 with History categories.
Reverend Peter Pernin was the parish priest for Peshtigo and nearby Marinette, whose churches burned to the ground. He published his account of the fire in 1874. The late William Converse Haygood served as editor of the Wisconsin Magazine of History from 1957 to 1975. He prepared this version of Father Pernin's account on the occasion of the Peshtigo Fire's centennial in 1971. Foreword writer Stephen J. Pyne is a professor at Arizona State University in Tempe and author of numerous books on wildland fire, including Fire in America.
The Great Peshtigo Fire
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Author : Scott Knickelbine
language : en
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
Release Date : 2012-08-29
The Great Peshtigo Fire written by Scott Knickelbine and has been published by Wisconsin Historical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-29 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
On the night of October 8, 1871, a whirlwind of fire swept through northeastern Wisconsin, destroying the bustling frontier town of Peshtigo. Trees, buildings, and people burst into flames. Metal melted. Sand turned into glass. People thought the end of the world had come. When the “tornado of fire” was over, 2,500 people were dead, and Peshtigo was nothing but a smoking ruin. It was the deadliest wildfire in U.S. history. The Great Peshtigo Fire: Stories and Science from America’s Deadliest Firestorm explores the history, science, and legacy of the 1871 Peshtigo Fire at a fourth-grade reading level. Readers will learn about the history of settlement, agriculture, and forestry in 19th-century Wisconsin. This illuminating text covers a diverse range of topics that will enrich the reader’s understanding of the Peshtigo Fire, including the building and land-use practices of the time that made the area ripe for such a fire, the weather patterns that fostered widespread fires throughout the upper Midwest in the summer and fall of 1871, and exciting first-person accounts that vividly bring the `victims’ stories to life. Connections made between the Peshtigo Fire and the history of fire prevention in the United States encourage critical thinking about issues that remain controversial to this day, such as planned burns and housing development restrictions near forested areas. The Great Peshtigo Fire: Stories and Science from America’s Deadliest Firestorm will inform and captivate its readers as it journeys through the horrifying history of the Peshtigo Fire.
The Peshtigo Fire Of 1871
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-03-23
The Peshtigo Fire Of 1871 written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-23 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes witness accounts of the fire *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Why is this story not known? You see endless stories about Johnstown. What happened at Peshtigo makes Johnstown look like a birdbath." - Bill Lutz, co-author of Firestorm at Peshtigo "The air burned hotter than a crematorium and the fire traveled at 90 mph. I read an account of a Civil War veteran who had been through some of the worst battles of the war. He described the sound - the roar - during the fire as 100 times greater than any artillery bombardment." - Bill Lutz In arguably the most famous fire in American history, a blaze in the southwestern section of Chicago began to burn out of control on the night of October 8, 1871. It had taken about 40 years for Chicago to grow from a small settlement of about 300 people into a thriving metropolis with a population of 300,000, but in just two days in 1871, much of that progress was burned to the ground. Due to the publicity generated by a fire that reduced most of a major American city to ash, the Peshtigo Fire of 1871 might fairly be called America's forgotten disaster. Overshadowed by the much better covered and publicized Great Chicago Fire that occurred on the same evening, the fire that started in the Wisconsin logging town of Peshtigo generated a firestorm unlike anything in American history. In addition to destroying a wide swath of land, it killed at least 1,500 people and possibly as many as 2,500, several times more than the number of casualties in Chicago. While people marveled at the fact that the Great Chicago Fire managed to jump a river, the Peshtigo fire was so intense that it was able to jump several miles across Green Bay. While wondering aloud about the way in which the Peshtigo fire has been overlooked, Bill Lutz noted, "Fires are normally very fascinating to people, but people seem resistant to Peshtigo. Maybe Peshtigo is on such a large scale that people can't comprehend it." Ironically, while Peshtigo is widely forgotten, the fire there is often cited as proof that the Great Chicago Fire was caused by natural phenomena, such as a comet or meteor shower. Those advocating such a theory think it's too coincidental that such disastrous fires were sparked in the same region on the same night, and they point to other fires across the Midwest. Of course, as with the Great Chicago Fire, contemporaries of the Peshtigo fire faulted human error and didn't necessarily link the two fires, if only because fires were a common problem in both Peshtigo and Chicago during the 19th century. The Peshtigo Fire of 1871 chronicles the story America's deadliest fire. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Peshtigo fire like never before, in no time at all.
Fire At Peshtigo
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Author : Robert W. Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Fire At Peshtigo written by Robert W. Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Fires categories.
"Everyone has heard of the Great Chicago fire of 1871, but few have heard of another fire going on in Wisconsin and Michigan at the same time. The Peshtigo fire killed five times as many people as that in Chicago. It was one of the worst tragedies of its kind ever recorded in North America." -- Forewrod.
The Peshtigo Fire Of 1871
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Author : Kathryn Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Peshtigo Fire Of 1871 written by Kathryn Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Fires categories.
Peshtigo Fire Of 1871
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
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Ghosts Of The Fireground
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Author : Peter M Leschak
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2018-11-27
Ghosts Of The Fireground written by Peter M Leschak and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In October 1871, a massive forest fire incinerated the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin. It was the deadliest fire in North American history, an event so intense that its release of energy was not approximated until the advent of thermo-nuclear weapons. At least 1,200 people perished—some in bizarre and disturbing ways—and the actual number of fatalities is unknown, perhaps as many as 1,500 were lost. Since the Great Chicago Fire occurred at the same time, Peshtigo was overshadowed and almost forgotten. In 2000, veteran wild-land firefighter Peter Leschak was faced with a hot and challenging fire season, tasked with the leadership of a helitack crew—an airborne fire team expected to be the “tip of the spear” on wildfire initial attacks. During that long summer he studied Father Peter Pernon’s eyewitness account of the Pehstigo holocaust, and using his knowledge and experience as a firefighter, Leschak placed himself in Pernin’s shoes, as much as possible being transported to the firestorm of 1871. Ghosts of the Fireground tells both tales: the horrific saga of Peshtigo, and the modern battles of a wildfire helicopter crew, seamlessly intertwining the stories to enhance them both.
First Newspaper Story Of The Great Peshtigo Fire October 8 1871
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
First Newspaper Story Of The Great Peshtigo Fire October 8 1871 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with Fires categories.
Peshtigo
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Author : George Bauer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-11-21
Peshtigo written by George Bauer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-21 with History categories.
Some eyewitnesses have called it a "hurricane of fire," one of the most devastating series of brushfires ever. On October 8, 1871, cataclysmic wildfires charred nearly four million acres of land on both sides of Northern Wisconsin's Green Bay. The fires jumped the Menominee River and headed north into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The speed and ferocity of the firestorm became apparent just hours after the blazes first blew into the region. Entire towns were obliterated, reduced to ashes and cinders. Farms and fields were blackened. More than 1,800 hundred people were killed in Wisconsin, including half the population of Peshtigo. Another 200 Michigan residents died in the devastating blazes. It remains the largest loss of life from fire in U.S. history. Still, the story of Peshtigo is unknown to many, as it occurred on the same day of the Great Chicago Fire. This historical novel is the story of the people around Peshtigo, some of whom survived the inferno and some who perished.