The Chicago fire

by Howard Gutner

By 1865, Chicago had mushroomed from a few log cabins to a thriving community with 600 miles of sidewalks and 50,000 buildings--nearly all made of wood. In 1871, drought conditions and strong winds caused one of many fires to rage out of control.

16 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Laura Talley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting and informative

[Avery Koll · Rating 3 out of 5]

I recently went to Chicago and herd about the fire but didn't know anything about it so when I found this book I wanted to learn more about it. When I started reading a person mentioned in this was named Daniel Sullivan witch intrigued me a bit more.

I would recommend this book to people who want to know more about Chicago and or go to Chicago. If you are interested in fires here is a book for you.

[SCES · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book seems easy for a Level S. It is great, however, for a 1 day read. This could be used to assess basic recall of facts. The book is very straight-forward yet interesting to many kids. Again, it's short!
-Susan

[Deborah Harris]

RL 4.0

AR Quiz No. 162014 EN Nonfiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP