Summary of Daniel James Brown's Under a Flaming Sky

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 On the northwest side of Hinckley, the Brennan Lumber Company was lit up by strange, reddish lights. The house shuddered as another windstorm hit it. In the town of Clara, Anderson, the girls were saying good-night to one another.
#2 Emil Anderson, the pastor, was returning home from a church conference in Hinckley. He was humming Swedish hymns and thinking about his final sermon. He was nervous about the address, but he had to deliver it tomorrow afternoon.
#3 Evan Hansen, the man who would spend the day sorting and stacking freshly cut lumber, walked down Hinckley Big Hill toward the mill. The sun was up now, and the sky was yellow with smoke.
#4 At 7 a. m. , Hansen began his shift at the Hinckley lumberyard. He walked through the yard, heading towards an incline where mule-drawn carts full of freshly cut lumber were already rattling. By the end of their shift, his crew expected to sort and stack several thousand more board feet of fresh-cut white pine.

Sujets

• History
• United States
• General
• General officer
• Histoire

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 18 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822544185
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Daniel James Brown's Under a Flaming Sky
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On the northwest side of Hinckley, the Brennan Lumber Company was lit up by strange, reddish lights. The house shuddered as another windstorm hit it. In the town of Clara, Anderson, the girls were saying good-night to one another.

#2

Emil Anderson, the pastor, was returning home from a church conference in Hinckley. He was humming Swedish hymns and thinking about his final sermon. He was nervous about the address, but he had to deliver it tomorrow afternoon.

#3

Evan Hansen, the man who would spend the day sorting and stacking freshly cut lumber, walked down Hinckley Big Hill toward the mill. The sun was up now, and the sky was yellow with smoke.

#4

At 7 a. m. , Hansen began his shift at the Hinckley lumberyard. He walked through the yard, heading towards an incline where mule-drawn carts full of freshly cut lumber were already rattling. By the end of their shift, his crew expected to sort and stack several thousand more board feet of fresh-cut white pine.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

By 7:30 a. m. , Hinckley was mostly open for business. The town was jam-packed with wagons, hay carts, drays, buggies, and buckboards. The streets were dusty, and the air smelled of wood smoke and horse manure.

#2

Hinckley was a typical Western town, full of energy and optimism. It was populated almost entirely by adventurous newcomers who had come from northern Europe. They had taken a chance on this rough new place, hoping for better jobs and cheaper land, and they had found both.

#3

The town of Hinckley was a center of activity for its citizens. It had a selection of luxuries and pleasant diversions, and people were looking forward to the next several days.

#4

In Saint Paul, Minnesota, there was a telegraph station where children would spend their summer days. The telegrapher, Tommy Dunn, would send messages flying up and down the line.

#5

In Hinckley, doctors Stephen and Cowan kept their office in the house on Main Street that belonged to John Currie, manager of Cowan’s Drugstore next door. Currie had only lived in Hinckley for two years. He had quickly made a name for himself by managing the drugstore, and he dispensed an amazing assortment of curatives.

#6

Hay had been reporting on the fires all summer long, worrying about the heat and the dry conditions, and urging people to take more interest in their own fire protection.

#7

The first National Weather Service was created in 1870, and by 1891, forecasters were able to predict short-term trends with some accuracy. They were still unable to predict long-term trends or specific weather events that were outside the expected norms.

#8

The facts were there, though, staring everyone in the face that summer. Had anyone been paying attention and knew how to read the code, they would have noted that Climatic conditions in Minnesota in 1894 were extreme by any historical standard.