TO SLEEP WITH THE ANGELS. Copyright © 1996 by David Cowan and John Kuenster. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. For information, address: Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1332 North Halsted Street, Chicago 60622. First Elephant Paperback edition published 1998. Manufactured in the United States of America and printed on acid-free paper.

Photo credits (page numbers refer to pages of the photo section following page 144): page 1—top, Chicago Tribune; page 1—bottom, page 2—top, page 3—bottom, page 5—top, Stephen Lasker; page 8—top, Bill Rowe; page 8—bottom, New World.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Cowan, David, 1963–
To sleep with the angels : the story of a fire / David Cowan and
John Kuenster.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 1-56663-217-x

1. Our Lady of the Angels School (Chicago, Ill.)—Fire, 1958.

2. Elementary schools—Fires and fire prevention—Illinois—Chicago—History—20th century. I. Kuenster, John. II. Title.

LD7501.C434C68   1996

372.9773’11—dc20

95-46795

A hard-cover edition of this book is also available:
ISBN 1-56663-102-5.