The Great Fire
By Jim Murphy
By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster,Murphy recreates the events and reveals how, even in a time of deepest despair, the human spirit triumphed. Murphy's well-researched books bring history alive through multiple narratives involving young people.
- Nonfiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2010
- ISBN: 9780439203074