Sources & Citations

Bibliography

Adler, Jeffrey S. “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow and the Reconstruction of Class Relations.” Reviews in American History vol. 25, no. 2 (June 1997): 253-257. https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.bowdoin.edu/stable/pdf/30030780.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A3e11c7916f4052ae9e5c6b2e6023d1f8

Chicago Architecture Center. “The Great Chicago Fire of 1871.” Published on Chicago Architecture Center Website. https://www.architecture.org. http://www.architecture.org/learn/resources/architecture-dictionary/entry/the-great-chicago-fire-of-1871/.

Chicago History Museum. “The Great Chicago Fire & The Web of Memory: Emergency Measures.” Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University. Published 2011. https://www.greatchicagofire.org.

Chicago History Museum. “The Great Chicago Fire & The Web of Memory: The O’Leary Legend.” Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University. Published 2011. https://www.greatchicagofire.org/oleary-legend/.

History.com editors. “Chicago Fire of 1871.” History. Published March 4, 2010. Updated August 21, 2018. https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/great-chicago-fire.

Loerzel, Robert. “Who Wrote the Song About the Cow that Started the Great Chicago Fire?” NPR. Published February 28, 2020. https://www.npr.org/local/309/2020/02/28/810014639/who-wrote-the-song-about-the-cow-that-started-the-great-chicago-fire.

Pauly, John J. “The Great Chicago Fire as a National Event.” American Quarterly vol. 36, no. 5 (Winter 1984), pp. 668-683). https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.bowdoin.edu/stable/pdf/2712866.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A5a8bd6b37ab761b479806bc8a066bf4e.

Schons, Mary. “The Chicago Fire of 1871 and the ‘Great Rebuilding.’” National Geographic. Published January 25, 2011. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/chicago-fire-1871-and-great-rebuilding/.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Great Chicago Fire.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Published September 1, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/event/Chicago-fire-of-1871.

Wilson, James. “An Irishwoman was Blamed for Starting the Great Chicago Fire.” Irish Times/Chicago Tribune. Published March 2, 2017. https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/an-irishwoman-was-blamed-for-starting-the-great-chicago-fire.