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Blizzard of glass : the Halifax explosion of 1917 Cover Image Book Book

Blizzard of glass : the Halifax explosion of 1917

Walker, Sally M. (Author).

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 0805089454
  • ISBN: 9780805089455
  • Physical Description: print
    xii, 145 p. : ill., maps.
  • Edition: 1st ed. --
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt, 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-137) and index.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 21.99

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