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Blizzard of glass : the Halifax explosion of 1917 / Sally M. Walker. --
When two ships collided in Halifax Harbour, on December 6, 1917, one of them was full of munitions for World War I. The ensuing explosion, aftershocks, and tsunami wrecked unbelievable devastation. It was the largest explosion in the world until the atomic bomb was detonated in World War II in 1945.
Record details
- ISBN: 0805089454
- ISBN: 9780805089455
- Physical Description: xii, 145 p. : ill., maps.
- Edition: 1st ed. --
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-137) and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 21.99 |
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- Baker & Taylor
Relates the harrowing tale from World War I in which two towns were leveled and nearly 2,000 people killed when two warships collided in Halifax Harbour and then a blizzard dumped more than a foot of snow on the area, hampering relief efforts. - Baker & Taylor
Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collision of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area. - McMillan Palgrave
On December 6, 1917 two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and one held relief supplies, both intended for wartorn Europe. The resulting blast flattened two towns, Halifax and Dartmouth, and killed nearly 2,000 people. As if that wasn't devastating enough, a blizzard hit the next day, dumping more than a foot of snow on the area and paralyzing much-needed relief efforts.
Fascinating, edge-of-your-seat storytelling based on original source material conveys this harrowing account of tragedy and recovery. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.
