Wall of Flames: The Minnesota Forest Fire of 1894
- ISBN-10
- 0911042296
- ISBN-13
- 9780911042290
- Category
- History / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- Pages
- 187
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies
- Author
- Lawrence Harold Larsen
Description
"The story of the Hinckley, Minnesota forest fire shows the impact of the catastrophe on victims, survivors, rescuers, and policy makers. Sheds light on the reasons why such tragedies happened all too frequently in the United States of the Gilded Age and helps us to understand the origins of the Minnesota conservation movement."--Amazon.com.
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