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Famous
Fires by Hugh Clevely, published by The John Day Company, 1958.
Accounts
of twenty-five fires over the years which resulted in disastrous
loss of life or property. Includes five pages dedicated to the circus
fire, and one picture of the fire.
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book is out of print.
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Inferno!:
Fourteen Fiery Tragedies of Our Time by Hal Butler, published by
Henry Regnery Company, 1975.
Here
are the great holocausts of the last hundred years - fourteen
unforgettable tragedies recounted in vivid detail. Fourteen pages are
dedicated to the circus fire, and one picture of the aftermath.
This
book is out of print.
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Fires
by Elaine Landau
Children's
book that examines the causes of some of the deadliest blazes in
U.S. history. Eleven pages are dedicated to the circus fire,
including several pictures.
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this book at Amazon.com
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Circus
Fire Memories, Survivor Recollections of July 6, 1944, by Don Massey.
Accounts
from the actual people who experienced the blaze, felt its heat,
witnessed its destructive effects, suffered the loss of loved ones,
came to grips with the sorrow - and the guilty knowledge of their own
survivval - that followed their escape from the burning grip of
death, often with physical and emotional scars that would be carried
for a lifetime.
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this book at Amazon.com
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The
Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart, by Gabrielle Calvocoressi.
A
collection of poems by a Connecticut author, including a 24-page
poem entitled Circus Fire, 1944.
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this book at Amazon.com
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Women
and Children First:The Horrible Hartford Circus Fire by Donald H. Roy
The author's
research on the circus fire is collected here and presented in a
unique style - dialogic, since in politics there are always many
different, compelling voices and perspectives to consider. In this
circus fire book, there is a dialogue between the documentary
evidence (the many voices) and the author's commentary. Growing up a
New Englander puts Roy in that tradition of seeking public
accountability, thus the underlying, persistent theme of this book.
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this book at Amazon.com
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The
Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy by Stewart O'Nan
Stewart
O'Nan interviewed dozens of witnesses and examined police reports,
newspaper accounts, and court documents while researching the fire.
The result is an engrossing--though agonizingly painful--account of
the great fire and its aftermath. He probes the tragedy's enduring
mysteries--How did the fire start? Who are the unidentified victims?
Who is Little Miss 1565?--and offers up conclusions of his own.
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this book at Amazon.com
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A
Matter of Degree: The Hartford Circus Fire & The Mystery of
Little Miss 1565 by Don Massey & Rick Davey
A
Matter of Degree is a true story and the definitive account of a
renowned fire investigator and the nine-year mission of the heart
that led to the discovery of arson and political conspiracy in the
1944 Ringling circus fire, an American tragedy equal in scope to the
1995 Oklahoma City bombing. LT. RICK DAVEY's internationally
publicized re-investigation of the celebrated case resolved all of
the mysteries swirling around the suspicious blaze that destroyed the
Ringling circus and killed 168 people--including a beautiful but
unknown 8-year-old girl who was known for 50 years as "Little
Miss 1565."
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this book at Amazon.com
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Masters
of Illusion : A Novel of the Connecticut Circus Fire by Mary Tirone-Smith
The
fire that roared through the Barnum & Bailey Circus tent in
Hartford, Conn., on July 6, 1944, took 169 lives and injured 2000
others. Tirone-Smith makes that conflagration central to her new
novel, a skillfully controlled, moving psychological exploration of
secrets, traumas and family relationships. The narrator, Margie
Potter, was only six months old on the day her mother took her to the
circus; her mother perished, and Maggie herself bears livid scars on
her back. Having spent her youth repressing her memories and burying
herself in books, Margie marries an intense fireman, Charlie O'Neill,
who is singularly obsessed with the fire and determined to find the
arsonist whom he is certain set the blaze.
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this book at Amazon.com
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The
Great Hartford Circus Fire: Creative Settlement of Mass Disasters by
Henry S. Cohn and David Bollier
In
this book Henry S. Cohn and David Bollier tell the sotry of this
catastrophic circus fire and its remarkable legal aftermath. They
describe how, with little guidance from existing case law and many
quarrels and uncertainties, three enterprising young lawyers secured
a court-supervised receivership that kept the circus in business,
enabling it to generate profits that could pay off the claims brought
against it.
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Worlds
Afire by Paul B. Janeczko
Paul
B. Janeczko's haunting poems of dreams and disaster, heroism and
heartbreak, draw their power from a true event: the Hartford circus
fire of July 6, 1944, in which 167 people were killed and more than
500 injured.
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Front
Street by Anne Pie
A
dramatic play about a Connecticut family during World War II in
which a character is in attendance at the tragic circus fire in
Hartford on July 6, 1944.
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this book at Amazon.com
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Remembering
the Old Neighborhood: Stories from Hartford's North End, edited by
Joan Walden
A
collection of tender stories and wonderful images of Hartford's
North End, including several recollections of the Hartford circus
fire of 1944.
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The
Circus Life and Adventure of Adam Bardy by Adam Bardy
Former
circus-man tells stories of his adventurous and colorful life,
including a couple pages about the Hartford circus fire, including
his opinion on how the fire started and what went wrong that day.
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this book at Amazon.com |
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