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Title: Firestorm at Peshtigo by William Lutz, Denise Gess ISBN: 0805067809 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 02 August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57
Rating: 5
Summary: The Fire Every American Should Know About
Comment: The moment I picked this book up I couldn't put it down again. I felt the same way about THE HOT ZONE and INTO THIN AIR. It's a gripping account of an event every American should know about. In human terms the Peshtigo fire was the most destructive in our history, very like the Civil War was our most destructive war. Gess and Lutz tell this story in a way to make the reader feel like he or she is present as each moment unfolds. My senses were tuned to the taste and smell of the air and as events began to build I too began to wonder where I could find shelter. This was one of America's greatest tragedies but it would be a bigger tragedy if the victims and their story remain obscure. These people deserve the same attention from us as the victims of 9-11. And one more thought. There are monsterous fires in the news every day. They remind us that nature can overpower our most heroic efforts. This account of Pestigo can to a degree
teach us things we need to prevent it from happening again.
Rating: 5
Summary: This story needed to be told
Comment: This book had much of the same effect on me as Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire. This is a beautiful tribute to the more than 2,500 people who lost their lives in Peshtigo and the surrounding countryside. I always think one of the worst/best things about a good book is that you want more. And I wanted more. I wanted to know all of the people who died and know all the things we don't know. The townspeople who are depicted come alive on the page. The events are related so well, so beautifully, that of course it seems deceptively simple. What happened in October, 1871 is a story so big, so terrible, it needed a wider audience. The people who died,those who were horribly injured, the countless lives that were changed forever deserve to have their story told. And here, it is told honestly,thoughtfully and with attention to research. Peshtigo is also a parable for our times. It is possible lives could have been saved if our actions had been different, if we had not ignored some of the science available at the time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Intelligent and Astonishing
Comment: The extraordinary "voice" of the fire that took the lives of thousands of people in the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin still thunders in my head. The historical events of this book and the well researced weather patterns that led up to the deadliest fire in American History is at once compelling and fasinating to witness in print.
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Title: Ghosts of the Fireground: Echoes of the Great Peshtigo Fire and the Calling of a Wildland Firefighter by Peter M. Leschak ISBN: 0062517775 Publisher: Harper San Francisco Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account by Peter Pernin ISBN: 087020310X Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Killer 'Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928 by Robert Mykle ISBN: 081541207X Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: White Hurricane : A Great Lakes November Gale and America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster by David G. Brown ISBN: 007138037X Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 27 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster by Karen Tintori ISBN: 0743421949 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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