[Free pdf] The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy






 | #136953 in Books |  2001-06-12 |  2001-06-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.90 x5.20l,.81 | File Name: 0385496850 | 384 pages


||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Not for the Squeamish, but Still Recommended|By R. J Ridley|Meticulously researched and very detailed account of a horrific event. You need to know: some of the details are horrifying, and this book is not for the squeamish. Trust me, some of the people died horrendously awful deaths, and O'Nan does not shy away from the facts.

What led to the disaster was no sing|.com |As some 9,000 people watched the Wallendas begin their high-wire act on July 6, 1944, a fire started on the sidewall of the big top at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The tent had been waterproofed with a mixture of 6,000 gallons of whi

The acclaimed author of A Prayer for the Dying brings all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of tragedy and heroism—the great Hartford circus fire of 1944.

It was a midsummer afternoon, halfway through a Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus performance, when the big top caught fire. The tent had been waterproofed with a mixture of paraffin and gasoline; in seconds it was burning out of control. More than 8,000 people were trap...


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