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9780385496841

Circus Fire : A True Story

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  • ISBN13:

    9780385496841

  • ISBN10:

    0385496842

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-07-01
  • Publisher: Doubleday

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Summary

The acclaimed author ofA Prayer for the Dyingbrings 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 Barnum and Bailey Circus's big top caught fire. The tent had been waterproofed with a mixture of paraffin and gasoline; in seconds it was burning out of control, and more than 8,000 people were trapped inside. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, O'Nan skillfully re-creates the horrific events and illuminates the psychological oddities of human behavior under stress: the mad scramble for the exits; the hero who tossed dozens of children to safety before being trampled to death. Brilliantly constructed and exceptionally moving,The Circus Fireis history at its most compelling. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Cleveland, 1942
1(18)
July 4, 1944
19(6)
Principals
24(1)
July 5, 1944
25(12)
July 6, 1944
37(176)
Circus Day
39(9)
Showtime
48(20)
The Point of Origin
68(5)
Our Boys in Uniform
73(5)
Blue Sky
78(4)
Animal Acts
82(4)
The Bravest Girl I've Ever Seen
86(5)
This Ain't No Time to Faint, Lady
91(4)
Don't Look Back
95(5)
The Stars and Stripes Forever
100(5)
Ten More Bars!
105(4)
Death by Fire
109(5)
Alive, Alive, Alive
114(5)
Have You Seen Him?
119(8)
Bringing Out the Dead
127(4)
Triage
131(6)
Unexpected Guests
137(6)
Extra, Extra
143(4)
We Can't Reach You, Hartford
147(6)
A G.I. Party
153(7)
The Names of the Dead
160(14)
Bad Face
174(6)
Evidence
180(6)
In the Evening, Sun Is Going Down
186(2)
Go to Sleep
188(7)
Bad News
195(4)
Were You in Cleveland?
199(5)
All Through the Night
204(1)
And on Till Morning
205(8)
July 7, 1944
213(16)
July 8, 1944
229(10)
July 9, 1944
239(4)
July 10, 1944
243(8)
July 11--July 15, 1944
251(10)
July 15--July 31, 1944
261(12)
August--December, 1944
273(16)
1945
289(14)
1946--1950
303(10)
1950
313(16)
1950--1990
329(14)
1990--1991
343(12)
1991--1999
355(10)
Acknowledgments 365

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