The Great Peshtigo Fire

An Eyewitness Account

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Peter Pernin ISBN: 9780870206849
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press Publication: October 30, 2014
Imprint: Wisconsin Historical Society Press Language: English
Author: Peter Pernin
ISBN: 9780870206849
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Publication: October 30, 2014
Imprint: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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