Halifax Explosion: Heroes and Survivors

by Joyce Glasner

Overview

The Halifax explosion was unprecedented in its devastation with regards to casualties, force and radius of the blast, and widespread damage to property.

This book offers a collection of carefully selected visuals that tell the story of the devastation caused by the explosion and the impact it had on Halifax. Joyce Glasner focuses on the impact of this wartime disaster on the thousands of survivors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459505230
Publisher:	Formac Publishing Ltd.
Publication date:	06/01/2018
Series:	Amazing Canadians Series
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

JOYCE GLASNER is the author of Pirates and Privateers: Swashbuckling Stories from the East Coast and Christmas in Atlantic Canada. Her essays and stories have been published in several periodicals and anthologies. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Table of Contents

Prologue 5

Chapter 1 Collision Course 7

Chapter 2 The Red Flag 22

Chapter 3 Like All Thunders Rolled into One 32

Chapter 4 Shock Waves 50

Chapter 5 Too Horrible to Describe 64

Chapter 6 Exodus 79

Chapter 7 The Living and the Dead Together 97

Chapter 8 From One Corner of Hell to Another 109

Epilogue 119

Bibliography 124

Acknowledgements 125

Photo Credits 126

Index 127