- Hardcover: 338 pages
- Publisher: McFarland & Company; illustrated edition edition (September 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0786414243
- ISBN-13: 978-0786414246
- Product Dimensions: 27.5 x 17.1 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 771 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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About the Author
Richard F. Bales is Assistant Regional Counsel for the Wheaton, Illinois office of Chicago Title Insurance Company. This title insurance company maintains the only set of land records that survived the blaze of 1871. Bales’ initial conclusions concerning the cause of the Great Chicago Fire earned him the Illinois State Historical Society’s Harry E. Pratt Memorial Award.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
FASCINATING!,
By Jon Zaley (Chicagoland area, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Hardcover)
Dick Bales has covered every possible base in getting to the bottom of The Great Chicago Fire. With this event happening 130+ years ago, most people don't realize the devastation that this fire caused. The illustrations, photos and other research documents bring it into perspective on what may have really happened. I am sure many have been taught in school the myth of Mrs. O'Leary and her cow, but this book blows that idea out of the water! This should become required reading in every school so the truth may finally be revealed. A++++++
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Superbly detailed, tightly argued, and convincing,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Hardcover)
This work is simply superb! It is exhaustively researched, well-organized, tightly argued, beautifully illustrated, and entirely convincing. It covers virtually every feature of the fire, the resulting botched investigation, and the era's social contexts. An outstanding model of research, analysis, and writing.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally some justice for the cow!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Hardcover)
Very detailed and informative book about "The rest of the story." The author not only offers his version of the facts of the case, but also gives one an understanding of the politics and social mood of the period in which the fire took place. The photographs and drawings are terrific. There are few, if any, unanswered questions after reading this book. It's worth the money, I would say.
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