In 1917 a ship laden with the most explosives ever packed on a vessel sailed out of Brooklyn's harbor for the battlegrounds of World War I; when it stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, an extraordinary disaster took place: the largest...
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
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Auteur:Bacon, John U.Sommaire: -
Auteur:Elliott, Marilyn DavidsonSommaire:Eric Davidson lost both eyes in the Halifax Explosion when he was two years old. Against all odds, he taught himself to become an auto mechanic and had a successful decades-long career as “one of the boys.” Eric Davidson was a beautiful...
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Auteur:Lawlor, AllisonSommaire:"A full-colour non-fiction book for young readers explores the Halifax Explosion from a child's perspective One hundred years ago, on December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc collided with the Belgian relief vessel Imo in...
