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On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke.
Six years before the onset of the Civil War, two courageous figures - one a free white man and one an enslaved black woman - risked personal liberty to ensure each other's freedom in an explosive episode. This work captures the heroism and humanity at the heart of this important moment in American history.
This text tells the tragic story of the 18 missionaries from Oberlin College, Ohio, and the Chinese Christians, who were all killed during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. Caught up in a clash of cultures, the missionaries were self-righteous and offensive symbols of Western imperialism.
In October 1892, a young law graduate, John Heisman, assumed the unpaid position as coach of Oberlin College's football squad. This ""bespectacled, stoop-shouldered"" young man led the team to an undefeated first season. This book recounts the story of the Oberlin fans, players, heroes, and rivals.
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