Copyright © 2015 by Laura A. Woollett

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Published by Chicago Review Press Incorporated

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Chicago, Illinois 60610

ISBN 978-1-61373-114-7

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Woollett, Laura A.

Big top burning : the story of an arsonist, a missing girl, and the greatest show on earth / Laura A. Woollett.

     pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-61373-114-7 (cloth)

1. Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944—Juvenile literature. 2. Fires--Connecticut—Hartford—History—Juvenile literature. 3. Arson--Connecticut—Hartford—History—Juvenile literature. 4. Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows--History--Juvenile literature. 5. Dead—Identification— Case studies—Juvenile literature. 6. Hartford (Conn.)—History—20th century—Juvenile literature. I. Title.

F104.H3W66 2015

974.6’3042—dc23

2014036121

Interior design: Sarah Olson

Map illustration: James Spence

Photograph of Emmett Kelly on page [43] by Ralph Emerson Sr. Every effort has been made to contact the copyright holder. The editors would welcome information concerning any inadvertent errors or omissions.

Printed in the United States of America

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