Mr. Murphy brings the past alive. I had no idea about the classism factor that was a part of the fire. I do remember the story of Mrs. O'Leary's cow and hearing Judy sing, "Shout how-now to Mrs. O'Leary's cow." But somewhere in my head I thought that maybe the whole cow story was a myth, but it wasn't.
The way that the poor were blamed for the fire was shocking, but then as I consider the human condition, I guess it isn't, still it is hard to read.
One of the players in this book was exceptionally horrid. The newspaper reporter...I can't think of his name, and maybe that is best. He should just be forgotten. I wonder if this kind of blame goes on today when there are disasters. Sadly, I bet it does.
Just like in Blizzard, it is just crazy to think about how hard it was to navigate the world before the advances in technology that we enjoy today. Firefighters of yesterday and today are heroes, truly. How many people would run INTO a fire while the rest of us are running away?
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