Big top burning, the true story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on Earth, Laura A. Woollett
Type
Label
Big top burning, the true story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on Earth, Laura A. Woollett
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-155) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 10 & up
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Big top burning
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1129596585
Responsibility statement
Laura A. Woollett
Sub title
the true story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on Earth
Summary
Draws upon primary source documents and survivor interviews to recount the story of one of the worst disasters in American history, the 1944 Hartford circus fire, which claimed the lives of over one hundred people
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Dead -- Identification -- Case studies
- Arson -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History
- Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 -- Juvenile literature
- Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Dead -- Identification -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature
- Arson -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile literature
Content
Author
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject9
- Dead -- Identification -- Case studies
- Arson -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History
- Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 -- Juvenile literature
- Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Hartford (Conn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Dead -- Identification -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature
- Arson -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Content1
- Author1
- Mapped to2