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Nobisso, Josephine

John Blair and the Great Hinckley Fire

32 pp. | Houghton | September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-618-01560-4 $$16.00
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Ted Rose. A firestorm raged through an area of Minnesota in 1894, and Nobisso tells the horrific story of a train caught in this inferno. The text focuses on John Blair, an African-American porter, who saved people running from the fire by pulling them to safety on the train. Rose's watercolor illustrations, especially his detailed Train No. 4, complement this little-known piece of American history.
Reviewer: Deborah L. Thompson

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