Bibliograph

Fire on the water, Scott MacGregor ; illustrated by Gary Dumm ; introduction by Paul Buhle

Type

Label

Fire on the water, Scott MacGregor ; illustrated by Gary Dumm ; introduction by Paul Buhle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 277)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fire on the water

Nature of contents

comics graphic novelsbibliography

Oclc number

1111923034

Responsibility statement

Scott MacGregor ; illustrated by Gary Dumm ; introduction by Paul Buhle

Summary

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

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