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Was the explosion a disaster triggered by simple human error. There are numerous factual accounts of the halifax explosion including shattered city. A goodreads search for halifax explosion returns more than 40 titles. Bacon, a superbly talented historian and story teller, has rescued from obscurity an astonishing episode of horror and heroism. This one was about a brand new eye surgeon who moved to halifax and into the house of his bosspartnermentors family. A centurys worth of historical accounts, novels and documentaries, plus a tv miniseries, have told and retold the story. Historical fiction of the halifax explosion the reader. Bacons the great halifax explosion is the seminal account of one of the bloodiest manmade disasters in world history, which killed some 2,000 people. Century after halifaxs great explosion, city marks anniversary.

See more ideas about halifax explosion, halifax harbour and nova scotia. The halifax explosion is a fresh, revealing account that finally answers questions that have lingered for a century. Students will identify the key details in this narrative nonfiction feature about the 1917 explosion of a cargo ship in halifax harbor. These books consider the explosion s shattering of colonial attitudes about class and the fledgling emancipation of women. A newly discovered diary tells the harrowing story of the deadly halifax explosion on the eve of the disasters centennial, a sailors 1917 journal details a rare eyewitness account of the. Also i believe the book that beachgrass was referring to was the town that died.

Heres a few books that i know of that have a nova scotia setting a great book that we had to read in school about the halifax explosion is barometer rising by hugh maclennan. This is a terrific onestop overview of the devastating human cost that was the halifax explosion. On december 6, 1917, the french munitions ship montblanc and the norwegian warrelief vessel imo collided in the harbour at halifax, nova scotia. He is a graduate of the university of new brunswick and is currently honourary colonel of the halifax rifles. Century after halifaxs great explosion, city marks. Cuthbertsons take is a touch more academic than bacons riveting account, but. That accident sparked a fire and an apocalyptic explosion that was the largest manmade blast prior to the 1945 dropping of the atomic bomb on hiroshima. New book details the halifax, nova scotia, explosion of 1917. New book details 1917 halifax, nova scotia, explosion. Fiction about the halifax explosion disaster that occurred in 1917 and killed 2,000 people. There are a few novels based on the events surrounding the halifax explosion in 1917. Mac donald but it is often through historical fiction that writers and readers are able to experience both the facts of an event and the emotions of the people involved.

Dan soucoups book, explosion in halifax harbour 1917 nimbus begins with. On the 100th anniversary of the halifax explosion, two new books examine the disasters place in canadas mythology ken cuthbertsons the halifax explosion and john u. Finalist for the atlantic book award for non fiction. A book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Bacon about a ship collision and explosion during world war i. Fiction brings halifax explosion to heart atlantic books. A double take at the halifax explosion, canadas greatest disaster terra arnone. On the 100th anniversary of the halifax explosion, two new. New books remember the great halifax explosion the star. A double take at the halifax explosion, canadas greatest. The halifax explosion and the road to recovery by janet kitz, and the recent curse of the narrows. Rich in fact and shocking images, the story sets a blistering pace following one mans search through a ruined city for the love of his life as he confronts the wreckage of his past.