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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780385496858
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The acclaimed author of A Prayer for the Dying brings
all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of tragedy
and heroism-the great Hartford circus fire of 1944.
Halfway through a midsummer afternoon performance, Ringling
Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus’s big top caught fire. The tent
had been waterproofed with a mixture of paraffin and gasoline; in
seconds it was burning out of control, and more than 8,000 people
were trapped inside. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of
survivors, O’Nan skillfully re-creates the horrific events and
illuminates the psychological oddities of human behavior under
stress: the mad scramble for the exits; the hero who tossed dozens
of children to safety before being trampled to death.
Brilliantly constructed and exceptionally moving, The Circus
Fire is history at its most compelling.
all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of tragedy
and heroism-the great Hartford circus fire of 1944.
Halfway through a midsummer afternoon performance, Ringling
Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus’s big top caught fire. The tent
had been waterproofed with a mixture of paraffin and gasoline; in
seconds it was burning out of control, and more than 8,000 people
were trapped inside. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of
survivors, O’Nan skillfully re-creates the horrific events and
illuminates the psychological oddities of human behavior under
stress: the mad scramble for the exits; the hero who tossed dozens
of children to safety before being trampled to death.
Brilliantly constructed and exceptionally moving, The Circus
Fire is history at its most compelling.
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