The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy by Stewart O'Nan, Alice van Straalen

The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy

Stewart O'Nan, Alice van Straalen

384 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative tense slow-paced

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The acclaimed author of A Prayer for the Dying brings all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of tragedy and heroism-the great Hartford circus fire of 1944.Halfway through a midsummer afternoon performance, Ringling Brothers Barnu...

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