The Great Peshtigo Fire

The Great Peshtigo Fire
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Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Total Pages : 69
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ISBN-10 : 9780870206849
ISBN-13 : 0870206842
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Book Synopsis The Great Peshtigo Fire by : Peter Pernin

Download or read book The Great Peshtigo Fire written by Peter Pernin and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reverend Peter Pernin was the parish priest for Peshtigo and nearby Marinette, whose churches burned to the ground. He published his account of the fire in 1874. The late William Converse Haygood served as editor of the Wisconsin Magazine of History from 1957 to 1975. He prepared this version of Father Pernin's account on the occasion of the Peshtigo Fire's centennial in 1971. Foreword writer Stephen J. Pyne is a professor at Arizona State University in Tempe and author of numerous books on wildland fire, including Fire in America.


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