The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780870203107)

Reverend Peter Pernin was the parish priest for Peshtigo and nearby Marinette, whose churches burned to the ground. He published his account of the fire in 1874. The late William Converse Haygood served as editor of the Wisconsin Magazine of History from 1957 to 1975. He prepared this version of Father Pernin's account on the occasion of the Peshtigo Fire's centennial in 1971. Foreword writer Stephen J. Pyne is a professor at Arizona State University in Tempe and author of numerous books on wildland fire, including Fire in America.

Author: Peter Pernin
ISBN-10: 087020310X
ISBN-13: 9780870203107
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 05/13/1999
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 9.08h x 4.54w x 0.15d