NATIONAL BESTSELLER The riveting (National Post) tick-tock account
of the largest manmade explosion in history prior to the atomic
bomb, and the equally astonishing tales of survival and heroism
that emerged from the ashes "Enthralling. ... Gripping. ... A
captivating and emotionally investing journey." --Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette After steaming out of New York City on December 1,
1917, laden with a staggering three thousand tons of TNT and other
explosives, the munitions ship Mont-Blanc fought its way up the
Atlantic coast, through waters prowled by enemy U-boats. As it
approached the lively port city of Halifax, Mont-Blanc's deadly
cargo erupted with the force of 2.9 kilotons of TNT--the most
powerful explosion ever visited on a human population, save for
HIroshima and Nagasaki. Mont-Blanc was vaporized in one fifteenth
of a second; a shockwave leveled the surrounding city. Next came a
thirty-five-foot tsunami. Most astounding of all, however, were the
incredible tales of survival and heroism that soon emerged from the
rubble. This is the unforgettable story told in John U. Bacon's The
Great Halifax Explosion: a ticktock account of fateful decisions
that led to doom, the human faces of the blast's 11,000 casualties,
and the equally moving individual stories of those who lived and
selflessly threw themselves into urgent rescue work that saved
thousands. The shocking scale of the disaster stunned the world,
dominating global headlines even amid the calamity of the First
World War. Hours after the blast, Boston sent trains and ships
filled with doctors, medicine, and money. The explosion would
revolutionize pediatric medicine; transform U.S.-Canadian
relations; and provide physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who studied
the Halifax explosion closely when developing the atomic bomb, with
history's only real-world case study demonstrating the lethal power
of a weapon of mass destruction. Mesmerizing and inspiring, Bacon's
deeply-researched narrative brings to life the tragedy, bravery,
and surprising afterlife of one of the most dramatic events of
modern times.
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