01960nam a2200313 i 4500 20221019111055.0 210111t2020 nyua gr6 000 1 eng d 9781419741166 RM 117.50 hardback PPAK eng PPAK rda 741.5973 23 741.5973 MAC G MacGregor, Scott, author. FIRE ON THE WATER / SCOTT MACGREGOR ; ILLUSTRATED BY GARY DUMM ; INTRODUCTION BY PAUL BUHLE Broadway, New York : ABRAMS The Art of Books , [2020] ©2020 279 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm. text still image rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Fire on the water inspired by the true-life tragedy. 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. Construction workers Accidents Ohio Cleveland Comic books, strips, etc. Underground construction Comic books, strips, etc. Structural failures Comic books, strips, etc. Comic books, strips, etc. Dumm, Gary, illustrator. Buhle, Paul, 1944- , writer of introduction. ddc B 181006 181006 0 1 PPAK R 2021-01-13 R 741.5973 MAC A01666743 2021-01-13 00:00:00 B