Assiduous research, beautiful writing, and a great talent for historical reconstruction make Laura MacDonald's Curse of the Narrows the definitive account of the Halifax explosion of December MacDonald is a master of minutia--chemistry, laws of navigation, the horrors visited on the poor people of Halifax's north end--and she writes with supreme authority and exquisite detail. Curse of the Narrows, by Laura M. Mac Donald (read 22 May ) This book tells of the explosion caused by a collision of two ships, the Mont Blanc and the Imo, in the harbor at Halifax, Nova. Ms. MacDonald has researched the definitive account of the destruction of the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia during World War I. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong: from the right two ships colliding (one of them carrying nearly 3, tons of munitions) to the bomb ship drifting to Halifax before exploding and the blizzard that struck the City afterwards.
Looking for books by Laura M. MacDonald? See all books authored by Laura M. MacDonald, including Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion , and Kay Darling, and more on bltadwin.ru Before Hiroshima, there was Halifax. In the busy Canadian port was crowded with ships leaving for war-torn Europe. On December 6, two of them, the Mont Blanc and the Imo, collided in the hard-to-navigate Narrows of the harbor. Within minutes, the Mont Blanc, ablaze, grounded against the city's docks. The explosion that followed would devastate the city and shock the world. The dramatic story of one of the greatest disasters in historyIn , the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was crowded with ships leaving for war-torn Europe. On December 6th, two of them—the Mont Blanc and the Imo—collided in the Narrows, a hard-to-navigate stretch of the harbor. Ablaze, and with explosions on her deck filling the sky, the Mont Blanc grounded against the city's bltadwin.ru
Assiduous research, beautiful writing, and a great talent for historical reconstruction make Laura MacDonald's Curse of the Narrows the definitive account of the Halifax explosion of December MacDonald is a master of minutia--chemistry, laws of navigation, the horrors visited on the poor people of Halifax's north end--and she writes with supreme authority and exquisite detail. Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of Laura M. MacDonald, Author. Walker $26 (p) ISBN In this recounting of the December 6, , explosion that leveled much. Curse of the narrows: [the Halifax explosion, ] Item Preview remove-circle Curse of the narrows: [the Halifax explosion, ] by MacDonald, Laura,
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