Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes that Shaped a City

David Cowan

Lake Claremont Press, 2001 - History - 169 pages

Chronicles notable Chicago fires and their causes, consequences, and historical contexts, and follows the development of the city's firefighters from nineteenth-century citizen bucket brigades to the modern day, high-tech fire department.

About the author

David Cowan is Professor of Law and Policy at the University of Bristol and a barrister at Arden Chambers. He has published widely in the area of housing and related research, and has acted as a consultant to the England and Wales Law Commission and the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Great Chicago Fires: Historic Blazes that Shaped a City
• Author: David Cowan
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Lake Claremont Press, 2001
• ISBN: 1893121070, 9781893121072
• Length: 169 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / General; Nature / Natural Disasters