The great Halifax explosion : a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism / John U. Bacon.
"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...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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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 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.