I grew up in Wisconsin with knowledge of the Peshtigo fire in 1874 and when I moved to Minnesota, got interested in the Hinckley fire. This book is truly one of the best written about that tragedy. Brown's writing is excellent and I was amazed at all of the history, science and human interest contained in one book. A must read for everyone.
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Short easy book to read. We'll written, and very interesting with the facts on how major fires work. Recommend this to anyone.
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Awesome descriptions and flow. Great read.
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The Hinkley fire has been a passion of mine since I was 12 years old. I even dragged my grandma to Hinkley to see the mass graves and memorials. I devoured every bit of scrap of information I could on the subject. For years. We went to the Hinkley Fire Mesuem on my honeymoon!! This guy took all this things I have read, and then some, and put them in a story I can read and make total sense of! He did his research to the tee,...
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When the citizens of Hinckley, Minnesota arose on Saturday, September 1, 1894 it looked for all the world to be just another ordinary Saturday. Some folks had to work at the Brennan Lumber Mill. For others there was washing to do and provisions to be picked up in town. The children might well spend part of the day fishing or maybe picking cranberries in the nearby bogs. And as for the engineers on the St Paul and Duluth...
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