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Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 by Daniel James Brown
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I didn't finish it through Libby (library app for digital books), but I hopped over to Libro.fm and bought my own copy. Now I own it both physically and digitally!
Under a Flaming Sky: the Great Hinkley Firestorm of 1894 (2006)
by Daniel James Brown
This is one of my favorite books ever, especially books about Minnesota. But this first time I listened to the audiobook. In earlier readings, I remember my adrenaline pumping during the 'chase chapters' when trains are trying to escape the fast-moving wildfire. This time, the read-aloud version brought the gruesome aftermath of the fire to my attention. With the audio version, I couldn't skim over the 400+ deaths in Pine County. So if you want to read about this stunning disaster in Minnesota history, brace yourself for some heart-wrenching descriptions.
I'd recommend this to...
- Adults and teens 13+
- If you want a short history book (less than 300 pages in print, 8 hours in audio)
- Fans of true crime (while no crimes were committed, it has - overlapping themes: investigation, forensics, psychology of trauma)
- Fans of survival or disaster stories
- Readers interested in weather science or medical details
Content warnings:
- Human and animal death
- Fire injury and death
- Separation of families
- Refugees
- PTSD / psychological trauma
#dwreads24
Under a Flaming Sky: the Great Hinkley Firestorm of 1894 (2006)
by Daniel James Brown
This is one of my favorite books ever, especially books about Minnesota. But this first time I listened to the audiobook. In earlier readings, I remember my adrenaline pumping during the 'chase chapters' when trains are trying to escape the fast-moving wildfire. This time, the read-aloud version brought the gruesome aftermath of the fire to my attention. With the audio version, I couldn't skim over the 400+ deaths in Pine County. So if you want to read about this stunning disaster in Minnesota history, brace yourself for some heart-wrenching descriptions.
I'd recommend this to...
- Adults and teens 13+
- If you want a short history book (less than 300 pages in print, 8 hours in audio)
- Fans of true crime (while no crimes were committed, it has - overlapping themes: investigation, forensics, psychology of trauma)
- Fans of survival or disaster stories
- Readers interested in weather science or medical details
Content warnings:
- Human and animal death
- Fire injury and death
- Separation of families
- Refugees
- PTSD / psychological trauma
#dwreads24
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Abandonment