In recent years, the Hartford circus fire has been covered in detail in several works of non-fiction, including an episode of The History Channel show The Wrath of God and a book Circus Fire by Stewart O'Nan.
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Circus bandleader Merle Evans was said to have been the first to spot the flames, and immediately directed the band to play "The Stars and Stripes Forever", the tune that traditionally signaled distress to all circus personnel.
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Various assertions put forth in A Matter of Degree have been fiercely disputed by investigators who worked on the case, as well as by other writers, most notably Stewart O'Nan, who published The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy in 2001.
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