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02337aam a2200397Ki 4500 001 23850838BB6011EA94CB452497128E48 003 SILO 005 20200701010008 008 190813s2020 nyua 6 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781419741166 (hardcover) 020 $a 1419741160 035 $a (OCoLC)1111923034 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d ERASA $d OPW $d BDX $d OCLCF $d IW5 $d SILO 050 4 $a PN6700-6790 082 04 $a 070.444 100 1 $a MacGregor, Scott. 245 10 $a Fire on the water / $c a graphic novel written by Scott MacGregor ; illustrated by Gary Dumm ; introduction by Paul Buhle. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Abrams ComicArts, $c [2020] 300 $a 279 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 520 8 $a A novel based on a true tale of heroism and invention in the tunnels beneath Lake Erie in 1916.This original graphic novel imagines the lives of blue-collar workers involved in the real-life Lake Erie tunnel disaster of 1916 in Cleveland. Author Scott MacGregor and illustrator Gary Dumm tell the intersecting stories of a brilliant African American inventor, Ben Beltran (based on the real-life Garrett Morgan, Sr.), desperate immigrants tunneling beneath Lake Erie, and corrupt overseers who risk countless lives for profit. As historical fiction, Fire on the Water sheds light not only on one of America's earliest man-made ecological disasters but also on racism and the economic disparity between classes in the Midwest at the turn of the century. 650 0 $a Construction workers $x Accidents $z Cleveland $z Cleveland $v Comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Construction industry $x Accidents $z Cleveland $z Cleveland $v Comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Tunnels $z Cleveland $z Cleveland $x Design and construction $v Comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Underground construction $v Comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Structural failures $v Comic books, strips, etc. 650 0 $a Graphic novels. 700 1 $a Dumm, Gary. 700 1 $a Buhle, Paul, $d 1944- 941 $a 6 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014113.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909061406.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722063842.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210304013438.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201017010257.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200701010421.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=23850838BB6011EA94CB452497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search