The Great Fire - Jim Murphy 电子书pdf - A Newbery Honor Book - 纽伯瑞儿童文学奖
Reading age : 9 - 12 years
Lexile measure : 1130
Grade level : 5 - 7
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks; 1st edition (October 1, 2006)
Language : English
Paperback : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 0439203074
ISBN-13 : 978-0439203074
The Great Fire Paperback – October 1, 2006
by Jim Murphy (Author)
The Great Fire of 1871 was one of most colossal disasters in American history. Overnight, the flourshing city of Chicago was transformed into a smoldering wasteland. The damage was so profound that few people believed the city could ever rise again.
By weaving personal accounts of actual survivors together with the carefully researched history of Chicago and the disaster, Jim Murphy constructs a riveting narrative that recreates the event with drama and immediacy. And finally, he reveals how, even in a time of deepest dispair, the human spirit triumphed, as the people of Chicago found the courage and strength to build their city once again
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