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Under a Flaming Sky audiobook
- By: Daniel James Brown
- Narrator: Mark Bramhall
- Category: History, Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), State & Local, United States
- Length: 1 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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Under a Flaming Sky Audiobook Summary
On September 1, 1894 two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, trapping over 2,000 people. Daniel J. Brown recounts the events surrounding the fire in the first and only book on to chronicle the dramatic story that unfolded. Whereas Oregon’s famous “Biscuit” fire in 2002 burned 350,000 acres in one week, the Hinckley fire did the same damage in five hours. The fire created its own weather, including hurricane-strength winds, bubbles of plasma-like glowing gas, and 200-foot-tall flames. In some instances, “fire whirls,” or tornadoes of fire, danced out from the main body of the fire to knock down buildings and carry flaming debris into the sky. Temperatures reached 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit–the melting point of steel.
As the fire surrounded the town, two railroads became the only means of escape. Two trains ran the gauntlet of fire. One train caught on fire from one end to the other. The heroic young African-American porter ran up and down the length of the train, reassuring the passengers even as the flames tore at their clothes. On the other train, the engineer refused to back his locomotive out of town until the last possible minute of escape. In all, more than 400 people died, leading to a revolution in forestry management practices and federal agencies that monitor and fight wildfires today.
Author Daniel Brown has woven together numerous survivors’ stories, historical sources, and interviews with forest fire experts in a gripping narrative that tells the fascinating story of one of North America’s most devastating fires and how it changed the nation.
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Under a Flaming Sky Full Details
| Narrator | Mark Bramhall |
| Length | 1 hours 20 minutes |
| Author | Daniel James Brown |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 28, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781524723576 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Under a Flaming Sky is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: american history, nature, us history, wildlife, gifts for history buffs, american history books, science books, nature books, historical books, natural disasters, history, history books, science, american, history teacher gifts, history gifts, history buff gifts, united states history, nature lover gifts, history lovers gifts, crime, environment, historical, animals, guns, adventure, thriller, mystery, medical, biography, police, military, urban, suspense, sociology, geography, steampunk, survival, war, gangs, action, civil war, History, United States, State & Local, Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), History, United States, 19th Century, Nature, Natural Disasters The BISAC Subject Code is History, Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), State & Local, United States
Additional info
The publisher of the Under a Flaming Sky is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Penguin Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9781524723576.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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