Curse of the Narrows
December 6, 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. A munitions ship collided with another vessel in the Narrows of the harbor, triggering a catastrophic explosion that destroyed much of the city. Within minutes a tsunami engulfed parts of the waterfront. That evening a blizzard buried Halifax, isolating it fro...
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Walker & Co. Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
2005.
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| Call Number : | F 1039.5 .H17 .M33 2005 |
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| 100 | 1 | |a MacDonald, Laura |d 1963- |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Curse of the Narrows |c Laura M. Mac Donald. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York |b Walker & Co. |b Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers |c 2005. | |
| 300 | |a 355 pages |b illustrations, maps |c 25 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 338 | |a volume |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a A Short History of Halifax 1 -- Appendix A Accident or Sabotage? -- Appendix B Preparing for the Future -- Appendix C Francis Mackey Interview -- Appendix D By the Numbers -- Appendix E Wreck Commission Participants and Witnesses; Featured People; and Ships -- Archives. | |
| 520 | |a December 6, 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. A munitions ship collided with another vessel in the Narrows of the harbor, triggering a catastrophic explosion that destroyed much of the city. Within minutes a tsunami engulfed parts of the waterfront. That evening a blizzard buried Halifax, isolating it from the world. | ||
| 592 | |b 08/04/2015 |c Hadiah & Sumbangan |h Mej. Iskandar W. Crafter | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Explosions |z Nova Scotia |z Halifax |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Halifax (N.S.) |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | 0 | |a Halifax (N.S.) |v Biography. |
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