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remembrances of the angels,50th anniversary reminiscences of the fire no one can forget (in English)
John Kuenster
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Ivan R. Dee Publisher
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remembrances of the angels,50th anniversary reminiscences of the fire no one can forget (in English) - Kuenster, John
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Synopsis "remembrances of the angels,50th anniversary reminiscences of the fire no one can forget (in English)"
On a terrible day in December 1958, one of the deadliest fires in American history took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels school in Chicago. The tragedy shocked the nation, tore apart a community with grief and anger, left many families physically and psychologically scarred for life, and prompted a mystery unresolved to this day. It also led to a complete overhaul of fire safety standards for American schools. The story of that fire was eloquently told ten years ago by John Kuenster and David Cowan in their best-selling book To Sleep with the Angels. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of the fire, John Kuenster returns to talk with firemen, parents, children, reporters, clergy, school administrators, and others who were in some way connected with the disaster. Together their thoughts and feelings about their experience, still vivid and tender after a half-century, make Remembrances of the Angels a moving and often tearful book.