Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History Book

Very horrific in detail. Happening in 1871 on the same day as the Chicago fire, this WI tale relates the scientific and the historic events surrounding the massive firestorm which birthed "gustados" of approximately 2000 degrees F. Up to 2500 in 17 towns incinerated to calcified ash in hours. As opposed to about 300 deaths in Chicago, the reasons of science and of marketing obscures this reality in comparison, IMHO.

And to the "faults" this is five star for meteorology and physics of under ground ignition and fire wall movements. To the participants 4 star, especially for input and outcomes re Ogden. But for cohesion to writing style, it is three. And it is so realistically grizzly that I cannot round it up.

I am glad I read it. There was so much complete malarkey in my early life about the 1871 fires. Closer to reality are facts which have very little to do with humans at all. And it could happen in the North American continent again. Montana had one since. It turns sand to glass and even earth burns away.