Blizzard of Glass
The Halifax Explosion of 1917
New York : Henry Holt, 2011.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 145 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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.
Contents:
A story to tell -- Steaming toward disaster: November 25 to December 5 -- December 6, 1917 -- In Halifax Harbour -- Shortly before nine o'clock -- A horrendous explosion -- The end of the world -- Help! -- A turn for the worse -- The blame -- Recovery and reconstruction -- Time passes.
Subjects:
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 -- Teen literature.
Explosions -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Halifax (N.S.) -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 -- Teen literature.
Explosions -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Halifax (N.S.) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen literature.
Halifax (N.S.) -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 1100L
ISBN:
9780805089455 (hc)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T HISTORY Wal | Ballentine Indoors | Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY Wal | Southeast | Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY Wal | Wheatley (Shandon) | Teen Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140) and index.