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Originally Posted by orlok
I'm reading The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon, August's choice for the New Leaf Book Club. How have I never heard of this event before? It is a remarkable retelling of a boat crammed with various explosive materials which blew up in Halifax harbour in 1917. To say it was a catastrophic event is to play it down, like saying a tornado is just a strong breeze. Painstakingly researched and well told, I am riveted.
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Perhaps you may also like to read
The Town That Died by
Michael J. Bird, another chronicle of the Halifax disaster. I read that a few years ago in paperback format and I was stunned over the first documentary account of this disaster told from the personal experiences of survivors - before, during, and after the disaster.