After the fire, Chicago's politics of disaster
The battles over recovery and reconstruction linger today
Source: illinoistimes.com
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The battles over recovery and reconstruction linger today
Burning books = bad. Books about burning = almost inevitably good.
Margaret Talbot reviews “The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City’s Soul,” by Scott W. Berg.
"Legend has it the devastating conflagration, which burned for two days, was caused by 'Mrs. O’Leary’s cow' that kicked over a lantern in a barn," Hazlett writes.
NONFICTION: Scott W. Berg’s ‘The Burning of the World,’ about the Great Chicago Fire, joins an exceptional list.