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  The Circus Fire

  A True Story of an American Tragedy

  by Stewart O'Nan

  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... (more)
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  Girls of Tender Age

  A Memoir

  by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith

  With beauty, power, and remarkable wit, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith interweaves a bittersweet portrait of growing up among the working stiffs of 1950s Hartford, Connecticut, with the chilling progress of a serial pedophile who threatens to shatter her small town's innocence. In Girls of Tender Age , Smith lovingly evokes the jubilance and chaos of life in her extended French-Italian family and the challenges of living... (more)
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  Worlds Afire

  by Paul B. Janeczko

  "Riveting. . . . A memorable historical fiction selection, similar in intensity to Karen Hesse’s OUT OF THE DUST and WITNESS." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review) One summer afternoon in 1944, hundreds of circus lovers crowded under the big top in Hartford, waiting for the show to begin. Minutes later, a fire broke out and spread through the tent, claiming the lives of 167 souls and injuring some 500... (more)
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  Susy and Mark Twain;: Family dialogues

  by Edith Colgate Salsbury

  (Biography) Arranged and Edited bySalsbury. Octavo (9 1/2 X 6 1/2). Hardcover. Glass Stain to Front Cover. Biography. Toning. "The intimate story of a famous victorian family during the lifetime of Mark Twain's eldest daughter". Good/Good.
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  Closing the Food Gap

  Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty

  by Mark Winne

  In Closing the Food Gap, food activist and journalist Mark Winne poses questions too often overlooked in our current conversations around food: What about those people who are not financially able to make conscientious choices about where and how to get food? And in a time of rising rates of both diabetes and obesity, what can we do to make healthier foods available for everyone? To address these questions, Winne... (more)
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  Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home: A Hebrew American's Sojourn in the Land of Israel

  by Jason Alster