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The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy
Written by:
Stewart O'Nan
Narrated by:
Dick Hill
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May 2017
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11 hours 16 minutes
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“An extraordinary book. O’Nan is amazing in his handling of the abundance of facts, rumors and legends that have built up around this fire.” —USA TodayIt 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 trapped inside, and the ensuing disaster would eventually take 167 lives.Stewart O’Nan brings all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of the great Hartford circus fire of 1944. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, O’Nan skillfully re-creates the horrific events and illuminates the psychological oddities of human behavior under stress: the mad scramble for the exits; the perilous effort to maneuver animals out of danger; the hero who tossed dozens of children to safety before being trampled to death. Brilliantly constructed and exceptionally moving, The Circus Fire is history at its most compelling.“A profound remembering of the fire, its victims, its survivors, and its legacy.” —The Boston Globe“[O’Nan’s nonfiction] is as accomplished as his fiction…as gripping as any thriller.” —The Seattle Times
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