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Sitting on a Keg of Dynamite

Author : John Neal Phillips
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806191465
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Sitting on a Keg of Dynamite written by John Neal Phillips and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 16, 1947, the French vessel SS Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, exploded in the port of Texas City, just north of Galveston, Texas. Nearly 600 people died instantly and property damage reached catastrophic proportions. The Texas City disaster remains, to date, the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. Among those killed was William Roach, a Roman Catholic priest known affectionately as Father Bill. Sitting on a Keg of Dynamite, by historian John Neal Phillips, tells the remarkable story of Father Bill’s life and premature death against the backdrop of the rapid growth—and near destruction—of an American industrial city. Through extensive archival research and oral interviews, Phillips pieces together previously unknown details of Father Bill’s story to present a well-rounded portrait of the man who is today revered as a hero. Born in Philadelphia, Roach attended seminary in Arkansas before he went on to serve as parish priest for St. Mary of the Miraculous Medal in Texas City. Restless, energetic, and beloved for his humor, tolerance, and empathy, Father Bill was an outspoken advocate for poor and working-class citizens, fair wages, and workplace safety. One evening, as Phillips vividly recounts, Roach sat on the church steps, looking out at the strange orange-yellow light created by hydrocarbon gas flares emerging from nearby oil refineries. “I feel like I’m sitting on a keg of dynamite,” he told parishioners who were passing by. His premonition proved prophetic. When a fire erupted onboard the Grandcamp, Father Bill hurried to the docks to lend assistance. It was then that the ship detonated. There is still much to be learned from the Texas City disaster—and from the legacy of Father Bill, an early crusader for social justice in America. Descendants of the disaster victims received financial reparations, and yet, as Phillips cautions, safety and environmental regulations barely exist in Texas today, particularly when it comes to the petrochemical industry. Sitting on a Keg of Dynamite serves as a cautionary tale for Texans—and all Americans—as environmental accidents continue to threaten our safety.

Hearings

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 1392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Investigation of Improper Activities in the Labor Or Management Field

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Investigation of Improper Activities in the Labor Or Management Field written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

I Was Interrupted

Author : Nicholas Ray
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520916670
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book I Was Interrupted written by Nicholas Ray and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most original, rebellious, and idiosyncratic directors in the American cinema, Nicholas Ray lived and worked with an intensity equal to that of his films. Best known for his direction of James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), he is also well regarded for his cult western Johnny Guitar (1954), and such prestigious noir classics as On Dangerous Ground (1951). I Was Interrupted offers a provocative selection of the filmmaker's writings, lectures, interviews, and more.

Foreign Relations of the United States

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1106 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Foreign Relations of the United States written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hearings

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1514 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 1514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

War Price & Rationing Board News Letter

Author :
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War Price & Rationing Board News Letter written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Mystery of the Red Flame

Author : George Barton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Mystery of the Red Flame written by George Barton and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dynamite Stories and Some Interesting Facts about Explosives

Author : Hudson Maxim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Dynamite Stories and Some Interesting Facts about Explosives written by Hudson Maxim and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hearings Before the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session ... No

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Hearings Before the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session ... No written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Miscellaneous Publications

Author : Pakistan. Safārah (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Miscellaneous Publications written by Pakistan. Safārah (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Oscar of the Waldorf

Author : Karl Schriftgiesser
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789128552
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Oscar of the Waldorf written by Karl Schriftgiesser and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume is the biography of Oscar Tschirky (1866-1943), known throughout the world as Oscar of the Waldorf, who worked as maître d’hôtel of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City from 1893 to 1943. The book contains many recollections devoted to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and its founder, George C. Boldt, and his wife, Louise Kehrer Boldt. Richly illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.

Island in the Sun

Author : Alec Waugh
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1448202167
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Island in the Sun written by Alec Waugh and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1957, this tells of Santa Marta, which to the casual visitor is a sub-tropical paradise, a small sister of Jamaica, Bermuda and Nassau, unmentioned in the colour-splashed brochures of travel agents: an island where the sun shines throughout the year on the sandy beaches of innumerable coves, on the cane-fields and coconut plantations, on the shingled hits of the peasant villages and the fine houses of the white planters handed down through generation after generation, from the Sugar Barons of a past century. But this was not how the newspaper columnist, Bradshaw, saw it when he arrived on his first trip to the Caribbean. Bradshaw found Santa Marta a smouldering volcano. This novel is a brilliantly successful evocation of the atmosphere and the problems of life on a West Indian island. It is a dramatic story, packed with incident and thrilling in this mounting tension. It weaves into the fortunes of a small group of islanders the ambitions and jealousies, the hopes and fears, the complexes and inhibitions of a people to whom the tint of the skin is more important than wealth, or power, or skill, whose tangled history has bequeathed a heritage of passion in an island where the blood never cools.

California Rich

Author : Stephen Birmingham
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504095588
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book California Rich written by Stephen Birmingham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] downright intriguing history . . . chronicling of the creation of the Californian Dream.” —Los Angeles Times Since the Gold Rush, California has represented a land of opportunity for a special breed of American. Heading west in pursuit of sunshine, riches, and elusive dreams, the early mavericks of California set out to make their fortunes—and often succeeded beyond their wildest imaginations. Prospectors became oil tycoons, squatters became cattle barons, and farmers’ wives became grandees of a new rough-hewn society. In California Rich, Stephen Birmingham explores this fascinating social history, showing how the ruling class of California was born and how it evolved a lifestyle that continues to fascinate the world. Its colorful array of characters include: the despotic media mogul William Randolph Hearst; governor and railroad baron Leland Stanford; and real estate magnate James Irvine, who attended business meetings with an entire pack of hunting dogs. In exploring how these self-made millionaires acquired their money—and what they did with it—Birmingham sheds light on the customs and quirks of California wealth, and how the state came to symbolize the easy, opulent life that still entices seekers of fame and fortune today.

Congressional Record

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

The Burning Blue

Author : Kevin Cook
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250755565
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Burning Blue written by Kevin Cook and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of a national trauma—NASA’s Challenger explosion—and what really happened to America’s Teacher in Space, illuminating the tragic cost of humanity setting its sight on the stars You’ve seen the pictures. You know what happened. Or do you? On January 28, 1986, NASA’s space shuttle Challenger exploded after blasting off from Cape Canaveral. Christa McAuliffe, America’s “Teacher in Space,” was instantly killed, along with the other six members of the mission. At least that's what most of us remember. Kevin Cook tells us what really happened on that ill-fated, unforgettable day. He traces the pressures—leading from NASA to the White House—that triggered the fatal order to launch on an ice-cold Florida morning. Cook takes readers inside the shuttle for the agonizing minutes after the explosion, which the astronauts did indeed survive. He uncovers the errors and corner-cutting that led an overconfident space agency to launch a crew that had no chance to escape. But this is more than a corrective to a now-dimming memory. Centering on McAuliffe, a charmingly down-to-earth civilian on the cusp of history, The Burning Blue animates a colorful cast of characters: a pair of red-hot flyers at the shuttle's controls, the second female and first Jewish astronaut, the second Black astronaut, and the first Asian American and Buddhist in space. Drawing vivid portraits of Christa and the astronauts, Cook makes readers forget the fate they're hurtling toward. With drama, immediacy, and shocking surprises, he reveals the human price the Challenger crew and America paid for politics, capital-P Progress, and the national dream of "reaching for the stars."

Amending the Act to Expedite the Provision of Housing in Connection with National Defense. Hearings ... on H.R. 6482-6483... January 29-30; Feb. 3, 1942

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Public buildings and grounds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Amending the Act to Expedite the Provision of Housing in Connection with National Defense. Hearings ... on H.R. 6482-6483... January 29-30; Feb. 3, 1942 written by United States. Congress. House. Public buildings and grounds and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: