Publication

2020 - Abrams, Inc.

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781419741166
  • ISBN-101419741160
  • OCLC Control Number1111923034
  • Better World Books9781419741166
  • Open LibraryOL30158206M

Classifications

  • LCCPN6727.M33 F54 2020

Description

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.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Fire on the WaterAbrams, Inc.2020-01-01

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