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Fire on the Water
Fire on the Water | Scott MacGregor
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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 Americas 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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Fire on the Water | Scott MacGregor
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3.5⭐️

Before modern technology, building infrastructure to get cities clean water could be a very dangerous job. The story of Fire on the Water explores one of these infrastructure projects and a fatal gas explosion that comes with its history. But, if it wasn‘t for the invention of one black man, the death toll would have been so much hire.