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Author Nobisso, Josephine.

Title John Blair and the great Hinckley fire / by Josephine Nobisso ; illustrated by Ted Rose.

Imprint Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 977.662 Nob    ---  Available
Description [30] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Summary Tells how a brave African American porter helped save many lives when the train on which he was working was caught up in the horrendous firestorm near Hinkley, Minnesota, in 1894.
Source Pritchett 11/2000 PPL
Subject Blair, John Wesley -- Juvenile literature.
Blair, John Wesley.
Forest fires -- Minnesota -- Hinckley Region -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
African American train attendants -- Minnesota -- Hinckley Region -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Forest fires.
Heroes.
Afro-Americans -- Biography.
Railroad accidents.
Hinckley Region (Minn.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Rose, Ted, illustrator.
ISBN 0618015604

 
    
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