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Book/Printed Material History of the great fires in Chicago and the West ... With a history of the rise and progress of Chicago, the "young giant". To which is appended a record of the great fires in the past.

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Title

  • History of the great fires in Chicago and the West ... With a history of the rise and progress of Chicago, the "young giant". To which is appended a record of the great fires in the past.

Names

  • Goodspeed, E. J. (Edgar Johnson), 1833-1881.

Created / Published

  • New York, H. S. Goodspeed & Co.; Chicago, J. W. Goodspeed; [etc., etc., 1871]

Headings

  • -  Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
  • -  Chicago (Ill.)--History
  • -  Fires

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • xiv, [2], [17]-667 p. incl. plates, ports. front. (fold. plan) plates. 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F548.42 .G6

Library of Congress Control Number

  • rc01001878

OCLC Number

  • 1277108

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Goodspeed, E. J. History of the great fires in Chicago and the West ... With a history of the rise and progress of Chicago, the "young giant". To which is appended a record of the great fires in the past. [New York, H. S. Goodspeed & Co.; Chicago, J. W. Goodspeed; etc., etc, 1871] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01001878/.

APA citation style:

Goodspeed, E. J. (1871) History of the great fires in Chicago and the West ... With a history of the rise and progress of Chicago, the "young giant". To which is appended a record of the great fires in the past. [New York, H. S. Goodspeed & Co.; Chicago, J. W. Goodspeed; etc., etc] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01001878/.

MLA citation style:

Goodspeed, E. J. History of the great fires in Chicago and the West ... With a history of the rise and progress of Chicago, the "young giant". To which is appended a record of the great fires in the past. [New York, H. S. Goodspeed & Co.; Chicago, J. W. Goodspeed; etc., etc, 1871] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/rc01001878/>.