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In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Audrey dreams of being an aerialist like her heroes, the Flying Wallendas, and so she is excited to go to Ringling Brothers circus with her six-year-old twin sisters; but at the show a fire breaks out, and as the crowd starts to panic Audrey struggles to reach her sisters--she gets Patty out, but Charlotte, afraid of heights, refuses to jump from the higher seats, and disappears as the big top comes...
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2001, c2000
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It was a midsummer afternoon in 1944 Hartford, Connecticut, halfway through a Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus performance, when the big top caught fire. More than 8,000 people were trapped inside and the ensuing disaster would take 167 lives. Drawing on interviews with survivors, O'Nan re-creates the horrific events and illuminates the psychological oddities of human behavior under stress and individual stories like that of the hero who...
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