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　　The acclaimed author of A Prayer for the Dying brings

all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of tragedy

and heroism-the great Hartford circus fire of 1944.

Halfway through a midsummer afternoon performance, Ringling

Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus's big top caught fire. The tent

had been waterproofed with a mixture of paraffin and gasoline; in

seconds it was burning out of control, and more than 8,000 people

were trapped inside. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of

survivors, O'Nan skillfully re-creates the horrific events and

illuminates the psychological oddities of human behavior under

stress: the mad scramble for the exits; the hero who tossed dozens

of children to safety before being trampled to death.

Brilliantly constructed and exceptionally moving, The Circus

Fire is history at its most compelling.

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The acclaimed author of A Prayer for the Dying brings all his narrative gifts to bear on this gripping account of tragedy and heroism-the great Hartford circus fire of 1944.

Halfway through a midsummer afternoon performance, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus's big top caught fire. The tent had been waterproofed with a mixture of paraffin and gasoline; in seconds it was burning out of control, and more than 8,000 people were trapped inside. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, O'Nan skillfully re-creates the horrific events and illuminates the psychological oddities of human behavior under stress: the mad scramble for the exits; the hero who tossed dozens of children to safety before being trampled to death.

Brilliantly constructed and exceptionally moving, The Circus Fire is history at its most compelling.