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- catalog abstract ""In this comprehensive and painstakingly detailed study, author Richard F. Bales disproves not only the O'Leary story (along with other popular fabrications of the time), but the commissioners' report as well. Using rare land tract records and more than 1,100 handwritten pages of transcript from the 1871 investigation, Bales uncovers solid evidence of official indifference, a bungled inquiry aimed at preserving reputations rather than pressing for answers - and the possible source of the spark that leveled a city."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12658109.
- catalog coverage "Chicago (Ill.) History To 1875.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""In this comprehensive and painstakingly detailed study, author Richard F. Bales disproves not only the O'Leary story (along with other popular fabrications of the time), but the commissioners' report as well. Using rare land tract records and more than 1,100 handwritten pages of transcript from the 1871 investigation, Bales uncovers solid evidence of official indifference, a bungled inquiry aimed at preserving reputations rather than pressing for answers - and the possible source of the spark that leveled a city."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A city on fire -- The exoneration of Mrs. O'Leary -- Debunking other myths -- The real cause -- The inquiry--charade or coverup? -- Mrs. O'Leary's legacy -- Afterword -- Questions, mysteries, and controversies -- Behind the conclusions -- "How it originated"--the McDermott letter and the O'Leary and Sullivan affidavits -- Selections from the transcript of the inquiry into the cause of the Chicago Fire and actions of the fire department -- "After the inquiry"--The December 12, 1871, Report of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners -- Sources consulted for photographs, drawings, and diagrams.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-333) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 338 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Great Chicago Fire and the myth of Mrs. O'Leary's cow.".
- catalog identifier "0786414243 (ill. case binding : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Great Chicago Fire and the myth of Mrs. O'Leary's cow.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland,".
- catalog relation "Great Chicago Fire and the myth of Mrs. O'Leary's cow.".
- catalog spatial "Chicago (Ill.) History To 1875.".
- catalog subject "977.3/11041 21".
- catalog subject "F548.42 .B23 2002".
- catalog subject "Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A city on fire -- The exoneration of Mrs. O'Leary -- Debunking other myths -- The real cause -- The inquiry--charade or coverup? -- Mrs. O'Leary's legacy -- Afterword -- Questions, mysteries, and controversies -- Behind the conclusions -- "How it originated"--the McDermott letter and the O'Leary and Sullivan affidavits -- Selections from the transcript of the inquiry into the cause of the Chicago Fire and actions of the fire department -- "After the inquiry"--The December 12, 1871, Report of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners -- Sources consulted for photographs, drawings, and diagrams.".
- catalog title "The Great Chicago Fire and the myth of Mrs. O'Leary's cow / by Richard F. Bales ; foreword by Thomas F. Schwartz.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".