Crossing the Narrows
Author | : Collins, Daphne F |
Publisher | : St. John's, Nfld. : Print Three |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : War brides |
ISBN | : 9780889013575 |
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Author | : Collins, Daphne F |
Publisher | : St. John's, Nfld. : Print Three |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : War brides |
ISBN | : 9780889013575 |
Author | : Laura M. Mac Donald |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2009-05-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802718396 |
In 1917, the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was crowded with ships leaving for war-torn Europe. On December 6th, two of them-the Mont Blanc and the Imo-collided in the Narrows, a hard-to-navigate stretch of the harbor. Ablaze, and with explosions on her deck filling the sky, the Mont Blanc grounded against the city's docks. As thousands rushed to their windows and into the streets to watch, she exploded with such force that the 3,121 tons of her iron hull vaporized in a cloud that shot up more than 2,000 feet; the explosion was so unusual that Robert Oppenheimer would study its effects to predict the devastation of an atomic bomb. The blast caused a giant wave that swept over parts of the city, followed by a slick, black rain that fell for ten minutes. Much of the city was flattened, and not one in 12,000 buildings within a 16-mile radius left undamaged. More than 1,600 Haligonians were killed and 6,000 injured; and within twenty-four hours, a blizzard had isolated Halifax from the world. Set vividly against the background of World War I, Curse of the Narrows is the first major account of the world's largest pre-atomic explosion, the epic relief mission from Boston, and the riveting trial of the Mont Blanc's captain and pilot. Laura M. Mac Donald is as adept at describing the dynamics of a chain reaction explosion as she is at chronicling unforgettable human dramas of miraculous survival, unfathomable loss, and the medical breakthroughs in pediatrics and eye surgery that followed the disaster . Using primary sources--many of which haven't been read in decades and--with a wonderful feel for narrative history, Mac Donald chronicles one of the most compelling and dramatic events of the 20th century.
Author | : Michael Connelly |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Bosch, Harry (Fictitious character) |
ISBN | : 9781742371733 |
Private investigator Harry Bosch confronts a villain who's long been in hiding - a friend known as the Poet.
Author | : Michael Connelly |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2004-05-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0759510733 |
In the depths of the Nevada desert, FBI agent Rachel Walling and former LAPD Detective Harry Bosch must confront The Poet, a terrifying serial killer who leads them down a dark and twisted path. FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has never forgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideous crimes -- and apparently he has not forgotten her. Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call, too -- from the widow of an old friend. Her husband's death seems natural, but his ties to the hunt for the Poet make Bosch dig deep. Arriving at a derelict spot in the California desert where the feds are unearthing bodies, Bosch joins forces with Rachel. Now the two are at odds with the FBI . . . and squarely in the path of the Poet, who will lead them on a wicked ride out of the heat, through the narrows of evil, and into a darkness all his own . . .
Author | : Bob Diamond |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 2016-01-11 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1329824059 |
Isn't it About Time to Connect the People of Staten Island to the Rest of New York City by Subway Mass Transit - And Provide Modern, Direct Rail Freight Service to the City of New York? Nearly a Century Ago, Planners and NYC Elected Officials Were Ready To Do Just That. What Are We Waiting For?
Author | : Ann Petry |
Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2017-07-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0810135523 |
Link Williams is a handsome and brilliant Dartmouth graduate who tends bar due to the lack of better opportunities for an African American man in a staid mid-century Connecticut town. The routine of Link’s life is interrupted when he intervenes to save a woman from a late-night attack. Drinking in a bar together after the incident, “Camilo” discovers that her rescuer is African American and he learns that she is white. Unbeknownst to him, “Camilo” (actually Camilla Treadway Sheffield) is a wealthy married woman who has crossed the town’s racial divide to relieve the tedium of her life. Thus brought together by chance, Link and Camilla draw each other into furtive encounters that violate the rigid and uncompromising social codes of their own town and times. As The Narrows sweeps ahead to its shattering denouement, Petry shines a harsh yet richly truthful light on the deforming harm that race and class wreak on human lives. In a fascinating introduction to this new edition, Keith Clark discusses the prescience with which Petry chronicled the ways tabloid journalism, smug elitism, and mob mentality distort and demonize African American men.
Author | : City Club of Tacoma |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Patricia L. Jerman |
Publisher | : Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2000-03-08 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780963282132 |
From the majestic Blue Ridge mountains to the sandy shores of the Atlantic coastline, the South Carolina Nature Viewing Guide leads its user on a tour through ninety-three of the state's most distinctive natural areas. The guide includes beautifully detailed descriptions of the featured sites, as well as maps, access information, nature viewing tips, and colorful, scenic photographs, which showcase selected sites for nature observation in South Carolina.
Author | : Branch Whitney |
Publisher | : Huntington Press Inc |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0929712218 |
This one-of-a kind guide is devoted to southern Nevada's recreational wonderland. It details 20 hikes on the slopes of Mount Charleston, the highest mountain in southern Nevada and only a 60-minute drive from the Las Vegas Strip. It also describes 40 trails, paths, and routes in BLM's showcase Red Rock Canyon Recreation Area, less than half an hour from Glitter Gulch.
Author | : David Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Rome |
ISBN | : |