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Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 by Daniel James Brown

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Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean

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Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 by Stephen J. Pyne

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Badger Boneyards: The Eternal Rest of the Story by Dennis McCann

Badger Boneyards: The Eternal Rest of the Story

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Fire in the Grove: The Cocoanut Grove Tragedy and Its Aftermath by John C. Esposito

Fire in the Grove: The Cocoanut Grove Tragedy and Its Aftermath

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The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy by Stewart O'Nan

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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy Egan

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Odd Wisconsin: Amusing, Perplexing, and Unlikely Stories from Wisconsin's Past by Erika Janik

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Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum by Edward T. O'Donnell

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The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

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Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903 by Anthony P. Hatch

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Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars and Breweries (Places Along the Way) by Jim Draeger

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Wisconsin Lighthouses: A Photographic and Historical Guide, Revised Edition by Ken Wardius

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San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires by Dennis Smith

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To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire by David Cowan

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The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names by Robert E. Gard

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Triangle: The Fire that Changed America by David Von Drehle

Triangle: The Fire that Changed America

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Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire by John N. Maclean

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Ghosts of the Fireground: Echoes of the Great Peshtigo Fire and the Calling of a Wildland Firefighter by Peter M. Leschak

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The Great Peshtigo Fire: Stories and Science from America’s Deadliest Fire by Scott Knickelbine

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Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy

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Shipwrecks of Lake Michigan by Benjamin J. Shelak

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Fire and Ice: Two Deadly Disasters (Fire at Peshtigo; Shipwreck on Lake Michigan) by Robert W. Wells

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Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo

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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

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The Flavor of Wisconsin: An Informal History of Food and Eating in the Badger State by Harva Hachten

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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

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Milwaukee Mayhem: Murder and Mystery in the Cream City's First Century by Matthew J. Prigge

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