The Essential Great Chicago Fire

2021 is the 150th Anniversary of The Great Chicago Fire!

It started in a barn and, two days of flaming hell later, it destroyed the heart of the city. In "The Essential Great Chicago Fire", storyteller William Pack weaves together technical details of the fire with vivid firsthand accounts from those who lived through it, bringing alive all the excitement and terror of the experience.

William has reimagined his popular library program, giving it a documentary style including expert interviews and voice actors to play the characters.
Credits
Voice actors
William Pack Narrator LibraryProgramming.com
Christopher Carter Joseph Chamberlin ChristopherCarter.com
Kimmy Higginbotham Claire Innes
Jamy Ian Swiss Alexander Frear JamyIanSwiss.com
Vincent Truman Horace White
Shifra Werch Mrs. Alfred Hebard (Iowan)

Interviews
Joseph Cranford ChicagoMagicLounge.com
Jeff Herrick Aurora Fire Dept.
Martin Mathisen MartinaMathisen.com
Gordon Meyer BizarreBucktown.com
Will Tremont Chicago Storyteller

Music
“Chicago” and “Toddlin’ Town” performed by T.J. Shanoff
Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow Performed by Bill Weimer

Underwater video by Cottonbro from Pexels
Drone video by Joseph Lampugnano from Pexels

A special thanks to those important people helped behind the scenes
Steven DesRoches, Kevin Moriarity, Harold and Kathy Walker, Bizarre Bucktown, Chicago Magic Lounge, Aurora Reginal Fire Museum, Hal’s Chicago Bar & Grill

Reading List
Pack, William The Essential Great Chicago Fire
Walcott Jr., Dekalb Black Heroes of Fire
Sawislak, Karen Smoldering City
Bales, Richard The Great Chicago Fire and The Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow
Cromie, Richard The Great Chicago Fire
Murphy, Jim The Great Fire
Miller, Donald L. City of the Century

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Видео The Essential Great Chicago Fire канала William Pack