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The great Halifax explosion : a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism / John U. Bacon.
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- ISBN: 9780062666536
- ISBN: 0062666533
- Physical Description: ix, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I: A forgotten story. A century of gratitude ; Under cover of darkness -- Part II: O Canada. "Why aren't we Americans?" ; Waking up just in time -- Part III: The Great War. As near to Hell ; Halifax at war ; Life and death on the Western Front ; Halifax Harbour ; "It can't be any worse" ; "The city's newer part" ; Wounded inside and out -- Part IV: A dangerous dance. Two ships ; December 5, 1917 ; A game of chicken ; "Look to your boats!" ; Box 83 ; "Oh, something awful is going to happen" -- Part V: 9:04:35 a.m.. One-fifteenth of a second -- Parting the sea ; Blown away ; They're all gone ; The panic -- Part VI: Help. No time to explain ; Ready to go the limit ; A steady stream of victims ; Blizzard ; Lost and found ; The last stop ; The Yanks are coming ; A working Sabbath ; "It's me, Barbara!" ; Small gifts ; A toast to allies -- Part VII: Rebuilding. The missing and the dead ; The inquiry ; Christmas, 1917 ; Orphans ; "Don't stare" ; The trials ; The wholesome discord of a thousand saws -- Part VIII: Facing the future. New lives ; The accidental doctor ; The lasting impact ; The reunion. |
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| Pease Public Library | 971.6 BACON
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| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe great Halifax explosion : ‡ba World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism / ‡cJohn U. Bacon. |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York, N.Y. : ‡bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, ‡c[2017] | |
| 264 | 4. | ‡c©2017 | |
| 300 | . | ‡aix, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ‡billustrations, map ; ‡c24 cm | |
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tPart I: A forgotten story. A century of gratitude ; ‡tUnder cover of darkness -- ‡tPart II: O Canada. "Why aren't we Americans?" ; ‡tWaking up just in time -- ‡tPart III: The Great War. As near to Hell ; ‡tHalifax at war ; ‡tLife and death on the Western Front ; ‡tHalifax Harbour ; ‡t"It can't be any worse" ; ‡t"The city's newer part" ; ‡tWounded inside and out -- ‡tPart IV: A dangerous dance. Two ships ; ‡tDecember 5, 1917 ; ‡tA game of chicken ; ‡t"Look to your boats!" ; ‡tBox 83 ; ‡t"Oh, something awful is going to happen" -- ‡tPart V: 9:04:35 a.m.. One-fifteenth of a second -- ‡tParting the sea ; ‡tBlown away ; ‡tThey're all gone ; ‡tThe panic -- ‡tPart VI: Help. No time to explain ; ‡tReady to go the limit ; ‡tA steady stream of victims ; ‡tBlizzard ; ‡tLost and found ; ‡tThe last stop ; ‡tThe Yanks are coming ; ‡tA working Sabbath ; ‡t"It's me, Barbara!" ; ‡tSmall gifts ; ‡tA toast to allies -- ‡tPart VII: Rebuilding. The missing and the dead ; ‡tThe inquiry ; ‡tChristmas, 1917 ; ‡tOrphans ; ‡t"Don't stare" ; ‡tThe trials ; ‡tThe wholesome discord of a thousand saws -- ‡tPart VIII: Facing the future. New lives ; ‡tThe accidental doctor ; ‡tThe lasting impact ; ‡tThe reunion. |
| 520 | . | ‡a"After steaming out of New York City on December 1, 1917, laden with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT and other explosives, the munitions ship Mont-Blanc fought its way up the Atlantic coast, through waters prowled by enemy U-boats. As it approached the lively port city of Halifax, Mont-Blanc's deadly cargo erupted with the force of 2.9 kilotons of TNT -- the most powerful explosion ever visited on a human population, save for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mont-Blanc was vaporized in one fifteenth of a second; a shockwave leveled the surrounding city. Next came a thirty-five-foot tsunami. Most astounding of all, however, were the incredible tales of survival and heroism that soon emerged from the rubble. This is the unforgettable story told in John U. Bacon's The Great Halifax Explosion: a ticktock account of fateful decisions that led to doom, the human faces of the blast's 11,000 casualties, and the equally moving individual stories of those who lived and selflessly threw themselves into urgent rescue work that saved thousands. The shocking scale of the disaster stunned the world, dominating global headlines even amid the calamity of the First World War. Hours after the blast, Boston sent trains and ships filled with doctors, medicine, and money. The explosion would revolutionize pediatric medicine; transform U.S.-Canadian relations; and provide physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who studied the Halifax explosion closely when developing the atomic bomb, with history's only real-world case study demonstrating the lethal power of a weapon of mass destruction."--Dust jacket. | |
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