The 'Great Fire' of 1911 changed everything ... Perseverance and Paint," which happens to be the title of Holleman's book that explores the story of Apex. On the weekends of March 8-10 and ...

I had recently retired to New York after a lifetime in Washington and a 50-year career as a writer and editor, and I was looking for a book project to pursue. That unexpected Great Fire looked ...

Berg shows in his illuminating new book, “The Burning of the World: The Great Chicago Fire and the War for a City’s Soul” (Pantheon). The Chicago fire turns out to be a rich case study not ...