The Essential Great Chicago Fire is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about the Chicago Fire of 1871. Author William Pack weaves together technical details with vivid firsthand accounts by those who lived through the conflagration, bringing alive all the excitement and terror of the event that almost destroyed Chicago. Also included are selected reprints of contemporary poems and songs about the fire, first hand accounts from survivors, and an interview with the Chief Fire Marshall John Williams.
The Essential Great Chicago Fire is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about the Chicago Fire of 1871. Author William Pack weaves to...
The Essential Edgar Allen Poe is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about influential author Edgar Allan Poe. Author William Pack creates a concise and honest portrait of one of the most important and tragic figures in literature. Included also is a chronology of Poe's life and reprints of some poems including "The Raven," "Alone," and "The Bells," and his stories, "Tell-Tale Heart," "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar," and "The Cask of Amontillado."
The Essential Edgar Allen Poe is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about influential author Edgar Allan Poe. Author William Pack cr...
The Essential Houdini is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about the magician/escape artist Harry Houdini. Author William Pack creates a concise historical biography exposing the true facts of this important American entertainment figure.
The Essential Houdini is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about the magician/escape artist Harry Houdini. Author William Pack crea...
The Essential P. T. Barnum is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about the the world's greatest showman Phineas Taylor Barnum. Author William Pack creates a concise historical biography exposing the true facts of the man who invented modern popular entertainment.
The Essential P. T. Barnum is, quite simply, the essential things you need to know about the the world's greatest showman Phineas Taylor Barnum. Autho...