John U Bacon
1) The great Halifax explosion: a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 man-made detonation prior to Hiroshima.