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The great Halifax explosion : a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism

text The great Halifax explosion : a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism

Bacon, John U.

Summary
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 ap... Read more
Contents
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 -- A near to Hell -- Halifax at war -- Life and death on the Wes... Read more
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Description
ix, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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