NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The riveting, tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in hiStory prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and Heroism that emerged from the ashes , from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author John U.
Mesmerizing and inspiring, Bacon\'s deeply-researched narrative brings to life the tragedy, bravery, and surprising afterlife of one of the most dramatic events of modern times..
Robert Oppenheimer, who studied the Halifax explosion closely when developing the atomic bomb, with history\'s only real-World case study demonstrating the lethal power of a weapon of mass destruction.
The explosion would revolutionize pediatric medicine; transform U.
S.-Canadian relations; and provide physicist J.
Hours after the blast, Boston sent trains and ships filled with doctors, medicine, and money.
The shocking scale of the disaster stunned the world, dominating global headlines even amid the calamity of the First World War.
Bacon\'s The Great Halifax Explosion a ticktock account of fateful decisions that led to doom, the human faces of the blast\'s 11,000 casualties, and the equally moving individual stories of those who lived and selflessly threw themselves into urgent rescue work that saved thousands.
This is the unforgettable Story told in John U.
Most astounding of all, however, were the incredible tales of survival and Heroism that soon emerged from the rubble.
Next came a thirty-five-foot tsunami.
Mont-Blanc was vaporized in one fifteenth of a second; a shockwave leveled the surrounding city.
As it approached the lively port city of Halifax, Mont-Blanc \'s deadly cargo erupted with the force of 2.9 kilotons of TNT--the most powerful explosion ever visited on a human population, save for HIroshima and Nagasaki.
Bacon After steaming out of New York City on December 1, 1917, laden with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT and other explosives, the munitions ship Mont-Blanc fought its way up the Atlantic coast, through waters prowled by enemy U-boats.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The riveting, tick-tock account of the largest manmade explosion in hiStory prior to the atomic bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and Heroism that emerged from the ashes , from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author John U
