The Great Conflagration. Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future. Embracing a Detailed narrative of The Great Conflagrtion in The North, South, and West Divisions: Origib, Progress and Results of The Fire. Prominent Buildings Burned, Character of zbuildings, Losses and Insurance, Graphic Description of The Flames, Scenes and Incidents, Loss of Life, The Flight of The People. Also, A Condensed History of Chicago, Its Population, Growth and Great Public Works. And, A Statement of All the Great Fires of The World. With Numerous Illustrations.

The Great Conflagration. Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future. Embracing a Detailed narrative of The Great Conflagration in The North, South, and West Divisions: Origin, Progress and Results of The Fire. Prominent Buildings Burned, Character of buildings, Losses and Insurance, Graphic Description of The Flames, Scenes and Incidents, Loss of Life, The Flight of The People. Also, A Condensed History of Chicago, Its Population, Growth and Great Public Works. And, A Statement of All the Great Fires of The World. With Numerous Illustrations.

Author: Sheahan, James W. and Upton, George P.

(5.75" x 8.5") 1871. Sheahan, James W. and Upton, George P. Chicago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati. Union Publishing Co. 8vo.First Edition. Full sheep as issued. Spine with four double gilt rule creating bands, gilt title to gilt rule bordered black leather in the second compartment, double gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to rear tips. Head and foot of spine rubbed, chipped at edges with small loss. Rear hinge tender, front board lightly bowed with separation from spine at head and foot. Covers with rubs, scuffs to edges. Sympathetic repairs to hinges. Illustrated with two frontispiece engravings, two fold out plates of street maps, several full page engravings and in-text illustrations. Overall, an interesting book in good condition.

From Wiki: The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8–10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.The fire began in a neighborhood southwest of the city center. A long period of hot, dry, windy conditions, and the wooden construction prevalent in the city, led to the conflagration spreading quickly. The fire leapt the south branch of the Chicago River and destroyed much of central Chicago and then crossed the main stem of the river, consuming the Near North Side. Help flowed to the city from near and far after the fire. The city government improved building codes to stop the rapid spread of future fires and rebuilt rapidly to those higher standards. A donation from the United Kingdom spurred the establishment of the Chicago Public Library. James W. Sheahan made the Chicago Times the voice of the Democratic Party in Chicago. It was funded by Senator Stephen A. Douglas, who needed a press after the main Chicago papers deserted him in 1854. Sheahan sold the paper after Douglas died in 1861. George Putnam Upton was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on October 25, 1834. He took an MA at Brown University in 1854, and soon after started writing for newspapers in Chicago. In 1862, Upton became the music critic for the Chicago Tribune. He became the senior editor at the Tribune in 1881 and remained in the post until 1905. A. C. McClurg & Co. published several of his books.

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