On October 8, 1871, one of history's most devastating fires ripped through Chicago. It killed hundreds, destroyed 17,000 buildings and left 100,000 homeless. But the Great Chicago Fire burned more than a city; in those horrible hours, the hopes and dreams of thousands went to ash as well. Like millions of fellow Irishmen, Firefighter Sean Collins brought his family to America in search of a better life. Rather than the idyllic New World...