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Nov 7, 2017 · Bacon ties together the real life, and terrifying death, stories leading up to then through the great Halifax explosion that destroyed most of Halifax, Nova Scotia in an instant on December 6, 1917. The story as told is both horrifying and uplifting.
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From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, a gripping narrative-nonfiction account of the world’s largest manmade explosion before the atomic bomb. In December 1917, a freighter carrying 3,000 tons of explosives sailed from Brooklyn bound for the trenches of World War I—en route, a cataclysmic disaster awaited . . .
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- Hardcover
- John U. Bacon
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.
Nov 21, 2017 · “John U. Bacon’s The Great Halifax Explosion is the seminal account of one of the bloodiest man-made disasters in world history, which killed some 2,000 people. This is a riveting, well-written and researched World War I book.
Nov 6, 2018 · NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The "riveting" (National Post) tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism that emerged from the ashes. “Enthralling. ...
- $17.99
- Reprint
- HarperCollins Publishers
- 9780.1B
Sailing north, the Mont-Blanc faced deadly danger, enduring a terrifying snowstorm off the coast of Maine and evading stealthy enemy U-boats hunting the waters of the Atlantic. But it was in Nova Scotia that an extraordinary disaster awaited.
- John U. Bacon
Nov 7, 2017 · 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...