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Title: Fascinatingly detailed
Review: The description of the fire as it travels from the sidewall across the big top is thorough, but not dull or boring. The author manages to tell a variety of stories that were all happening simultaneously. Occassionally I had to remind myself how compressed the time frame really was. While there is lots of information, and at times I lost track of who was who, this is a very compelling read and I had trouble putting the book down. The author balances the details of what happened; the who, where, when; with the stories of the people affected, telling a story that is intellectually and emotionally satisfying.Besides effectively covering the actual fire, the author does a great job of setting the scene and covering the chaos afterwards. I particularly appreciated the follow up ten and twenty years later with the continuing impact it had on some lives.
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