If burying a child has a special poignancy, the tragedy at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago almost forty years ago was an extraordinary moment of grief. One of the deadliest fires in American history, it took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels School, left many families physically and psychologically scarred for life, and destroyed a close-knit working-class neighborhood. This is the moving story of that fire and its consequences written by two journalists who have been obsessed ...
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If burying a child has a special poignancy, the tragedy at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago almost forty years ago was an extraordinary moment of grief. One of the deadliest fires in American history, it took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at Our Lady of the Angels School, left many families physically and psychologically scarred for life, and destroyed a close-knit working-class neighborhood. This is the moving story of that fire and its consequences written by two journalists who have been obsessed with the events of that terrible day in December 1958. It is a story of ordinary people caught up in a disaster that shocked the nation. In gripping detail, those who were there-children, teachers, firefighters-describe the fear, desperation, and panic that prevailed in and around the stricken school building on that cold Monday afternoon. But beyond the flames, the story of the fire at Our Lady of the Angels became an enigma whose mystery has deepened with time: its cause was never officially explained despite evidence that it had been intentionally set by a troubled student at the school. The fire led to a complete overhaul of fire safety standards for American schools, but it left a community torn apart by grief and anger, and accusations that the Catholic church and city fathers had shielded the truth. Messrs. Cowan and Kuenster have recreated this tragedy in a powerful narrative with all the elements of a first-rate detective story.
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great book that you should read before the follow up book by same author. i never knew what really happened during that fire...only knew of it going to the cemetary out there.
Beverly
Apr 26, 2007
Our Lady of Angels School Fire
I was in primary school when I saw the Our Lady of Angels fire on the 6PM news. I had forgotten about it until last October when I saw a newspaper article on one of the Sisters whose quick thinking saved many young lives. To Sleep With the Angels was listed as the only book written from investigation of the tragic events of that day. This book was heartbreakingly factual and captivating to read. I could almost feel the heat and flames as I read. It was agony to imagine flaming ceilings falling into classrooms with 50 or more children. So many mistakes...phone calls in broken English, wrong address, locked gated entry, ladders that were too short,.... This was not the worst school fire in our country but it was the one that was a catalyst for change.
