Barriers Burned Away: A Novel of the Chicago Fire
Aug 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A rich man's son loses everything and takes work in Chicago as a hand — and then, in October 1871, the city burns for three days. Roe was a Presbyterian minister and a former army chaplain who came to see the ruins, decided the fire needed a novelist, and wrote his first book about it; it sold enormously and he never went back to the pulpit. The fire is eyewitness reporting. Fifty-three plates by painters including John Sloan and Eastman Johnson follow the city from Bleecker Street to Greenwich Village, matching Roe's account of the streets that burned.
A rich man's son loses everything and takes work in Chicago as a hand — and then, in October 1871, the city burns for three days. Roe was a Presbyterian minister and a former army chaplain who came to see the ruins, decided the fire needed a novelist, and wrote his first book about it; it sold en...
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Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888) was an American novelist and Presbyterian minister. After serving as a chaplain in the Civil War, he was pastor of a church in Highland Falls, New York, and later devoted himself to writing and horticulture in Cornwall-on-Hudson. His novels include Barriers Burned Away, Opening a Chestnut Burr, and He Fell in Love with His Wife.
Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888) was an American novelist and Presbyterian minister. After serving as a chaplain in the Civil War, he was pastor of a church in Highland Falls, New York, and later devoted himself to writing and horticulture in Cornwall-on-Hudson. His novels include Barriers Burned Aw...
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