What are some good books about famous (infamous) fires?

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No_Socks_Here — 9 years ago(October 10, 2016 01:11 PM)

Looking for some tips?
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the
hospital, dying of nothing.

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ThisIsMyRifle — 9 years ago(October 12, 2016 12:10 PM)

bravomailer, is the norman maclean book non-fiction? I forgot to mention I'm only interested in non-fiction

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bravomailer — 9 years ago(October 12, 2016 02:33 PM)

Yes, the forest fire books by Norman Maclean and his son John are non-fiction.

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michael1951 — 9 years ago(October 10, 2016 04:35 PM)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor.
A classic of middle-reader African-American literature. The fire involved is fictional but is connected with the very real history of lynching.
Shaken Days by Marion Garthwaite
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A middle-reader novel by a writer who flourished in the 1950s and 1960s and to some extent specialized in historical fiction involving California. In this case, it's the San Francisco earthquake, and my recollection (but I could be wrong) is that it included an earthquake-related fire.

http://librarything.com/profile/CurrerBell

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interiorday — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 08:51 AM)

There are a number of books about the Hartford Circus fire - Stewart O'Nan's is top of the list.
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ThisIsMyRifle — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 11:02 AM)

Thanks a lot guys. Yeah I forgot the circus fire by o'nan, I have the book its great

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Carl-LaFong — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 11:14 AM)

O'Nan?! I've heard he's a wanker! Geddit?!
You're my wife now.

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JerryCornelius — 9 years ago(October 12, 2016 03:27 PM)

Samuel Pepys' diaries.

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Haaken78 — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 09:44 AM)

Firestorm at Peshtigo gets good reviews, but I haven't read it yet. It looks like there are a lot of individual stories of the kind you're looking for.

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ThisIsMyRifle — 9 years ago(October 18, 2016 01:22 PM)

Thanks guys. Wow I never heard of Peshtigo, 2000+ dead, damn