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Fanning the Flames Library

Cover of E. P. Roe, Barriers Burned Away, 1872

Cover of E. P. Roe, Barriers Burned Away, 1872

A Verse Sampler
"Chicago," by John Greenleaf Whittier
"Chicago," by Bret Harte
“The Great Chicago Fire,” by Mrs. Julia A. Moore
“Call for Help for Chicago,” by N.S. Emerson
“Lines Written on the Most Dreadful Fire That Broke Out in Chicago in America,” by Jeremiah Cronan
“Chicago,” by W.H. McElroy
Fire Songs
“Pity the Homeless, or Burnt Out,” by James R. Murray
“Passing Through the Fire,” by George F. Root
“Lost and Saved,” by George F. Root
“From the Ruins Our City Shall Rise,” by George F. Root
“The Billow of Fire,” by P. P. Bliss

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