On October 8, 1871, fire turned night into a living hell.
While Chicago’s blaze claimed the headlines, a fiercer and more devastating inferno swept across Wisconsin’s Green Bay peninsula-obliterating farms, forests, and families in its path.
Here, among immigrant settlers carving new lives from the wilderness, survival came down to split-second choices: to run, to hide, to fight the flames. Mothers shielded children with their bodies, fathers vanished into smoke, and neighbors faced the firestorm with nothing but faith and will.
Inspired by forgotten accounts and newspaper fragments, Secrets in the Woods brings to life the untold human drama of one of America’s most harrowing nights-a story of resilience, loss, and the fragile hope that rises from the ashes.
Author: Susan D. Levitte
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Historium Press
Published: 10/17/2025
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9781964700472
Language: English
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