Bibliograph

Fire on the Water, Scott MacGregor

Type

Label

Fire on the Water, Scott MacGregor

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Rated T

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Fire on the Water

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Scott MacGregor

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

Target audience

adult

Contributor

Creator