To sleep with the angels : the story of a fire /
Cowan, David, 1963-
To sleep with the angels : the story of a fire / David Cowan and John Kuenster. - 1st Elephant paperback ed. - Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 1998, ©1996. - x, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Setting -- Prelude -- Struggle -- Firefight -- Disaster -- Search -- Remorse -- Inquest -- Doubt -- Confession -- Decision -- Recovery -- Survival -- Memories.
Tells the story of the fire that occurred at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago in December 1958, claiming the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns, and precipitating a complete overhaul of school fire safety laws in the United States. Includes interviews with survivors of the fire, and discussion of the rumors and evidence about how it started.
156663217X 9781566632171
Our Lady of the Angels School (Chicago, Ill.)--Fire, 1958.
Elementary schools--Fires and fire prevention--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
To sleep with the angels : the story of a fire / David Cowan and John Kuenster. - 1st Elephant paperback ed. - Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 1998, ©1996. - x, 299 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Setting -- Prelude -- Struggle -- Firefight -- Disaster -- Search -- Remorse -- Inquest -- Doubt -- Confession -- Decision -- Recovery -- Survival -- Memories.
Tells the story of the fire that occurred at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago in December 1958, claiming the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns, and precipitating a complete overhaul of school fire safety laws in the United States. Includes interviews with survivors of the fire, and discussion of the rumors and evidence about how it started.
156663217X 9781566632171
Our Lady of the Angels School (Chicago, Ill.)--Fire, 1958.
Elementary schools--Fires and fire prevention--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.