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Article: The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
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- Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O'Leary's Cow. By Richard F. Bales (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2002. Pp. xi, 338, Illus., appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $45.00).
There are a handful of events that anyone versed in even a cursory history of Chicago can name: the "Chicago Massacre" of 1812, the 1871 Chicago Fire, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the 1919 Race Riot, the 1933 World's Fair, and the 1968 Democratic Convention. Each of these events has been the subject of numerous studies-by people ranging from journalists to professional historians to independent researchers. Because each of these groups begins with very different questions, there ...