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Author : Thomas William Hanson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Story of Old Halifax written by Thomas William Hanson and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas William Hanson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Story of Old Halifax written by Thomas William Hanson and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John U. Bacon
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006266655X
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)
Download or read book The Great Halifax Explosion written by John U. Bacon and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Marilyn Davidson Elliot
Publisher : Nimbus+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1771086777
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Blind Mechanic written by Marilyn Davidson Elliot and published by Nimbus+ORM. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A daughter’s inspiring biography of her father, who lost his sight in a massive maritime disaster—and went on to build a rewarding life and career. Eric Davidson was a beautiful, fair-haired toddler when the historic Halifax Explosion struck, devastating the Nova Scotia capital and killing almost two thousand people while seriously injuring thousands more. Eric lost both eyes—a tragedy that his mother never fully recovered from. Eric, however, was positive and energetic. He also developed a fascination with cars and how they worked—and he later decided, against all likelihood, to become a mechanic. Assisted by his brothers, who read to him from manuals, he worked hard, passed examinations, and carved out a decades-long career. This is the true story of his remarkable life and relentless determination, as told by his daughter.
Author : Sally M. Walker
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466805102
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Blizzard of Glass written by Sally M. Walker and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and one held relief supplies, both intended for wartorn Europe. The resulting blast flattened two towns, Halifax and Dartmouth, and killed nearly 2,000 people. As if that wasn't devastating enough, a blizzard hit the next day, dumping more than a foot of snow on the area and paralyzing much-needed relief efforts. Fascinating, edge-of-your-seat storytelling based on original source material conveys this harrowing account of tragedy and recovery. This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.
Author : Shauntay Grant
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1773060449
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Africville written by Shauntay Grant and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, Young People’s Literature – Illustrated Books When a young girl visits the site of Africville, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the stories she’s heard from her family come to mind. She imagines what the community was once like — the brightly painted houses nestled into the hillside, the field where boys played football, the pond where all the kids went rafting, the bountiful fishing, the huge bonfires. Coming out of her reverie, she visits the present-day park and the sundial where her great- grandmother’s name is carved in stone, and celebrates a summer day at the annual Africville Reunion/Festival. Africville was a vibrant Black community for more than 150 years. But even though its residents paid municipal taxes, they lived without running water, sewers, paved roads and police, fire-truck and ambulance services. Over time, the city located a slaughterhouse, a hospital for infectious disease, and even the city garbage dump nearby. In the 1960s, city officials decided to demolish the community, moving people out in city dump trucks and relocating them in public housing. Today, Africville has been replaced by a park, where former residents and their families gather each summer to remember their community.
Author : Charles Lindley Wood Halifax (Viscount)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Lord Halifax's Ghost Book written by Charles Lindley Wood Halifax (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lesley Choyce
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459745256
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)
Download or read book Broken Man on a Halifax Pier written by Lesley Choyce and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2019-10-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken Man on a Halifax Pier is a tale of one man’s shipwrecked life and an unlikely crew of rescuers hoping to save not only him but also themselves.
Author : Steven Edwin Laffoley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781897426098
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Death Ship of Halifax Harbour written by Steven Edwin Laffoley and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On an uncomfortably muggy morning in early autumn, I found myself standing at the far end of a wide, battered wharf in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, looking for a man in knee-high, white rubber boots answering to the name of Captain Red Beard..I'd come in search of a death ship, or at least the historical whispers of a death ship -- an elegant old steamer that limped into Halifax harbour during the early hours of April 9, 1866, with more than a thousand Irish and German emigrants squeezed into its cramped, creaking holds. And I'd come in search of what travelled with them and, in fact, inside many of them: Asiatic cholera. And, finally, I'd come in search of the intertwining tales of those lives inexorably changed by history's worst cholera epidemic, which killed tens of thousands from Mecca to Manhattan to McNab's Island in the mouth of Halifax harbour." So begins another strange and surprising adventure of writer Steven Laffoley as he explores historic McNab's Island in search of Halifax during its time of cholera. As he investigates the rich history of the island and searches for clues to the many dark, cholera-ship tales, Steven confronts the nature of fear and the fear of nature, including fetid marshes, abandoned buildings, a berry-mad bear, a love-starved beaver, a gaggle of naked maidens, and two drunken revolutionaries just looking for some fun. Death Ship of Halifax Harbour is a fascinating and engaging tale of fate, fear and hope.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book History written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Lindley
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 136553698X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Lord Halifax's Ghost Book written by Charles Lindley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Halifax's Ghost Book - A collection of 'true' ghost stories collected by Lord Halifax, a Victorian English Viscount with an interest in the supernatural. Most document hauntings in the great houses of Britain, but there are interesting and eerie detours into prophetic dreams and ghostly warnings from beyond, and even an account of a vampiric cat!
Author : Thomas Beamish Akins
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book History of Halifax City written by Thomas Beamish Akins and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Leaflet written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Walford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Antiquary written by Edward Walford and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julie Lawson
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780439969307
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (693 download)
Download or read book No Safe Harbour written by Julie Lawson and published by Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte struggles to find her twin brother after the rest of her family is killed in the tragic Halifax explosion. No Safe Harbour is set in the months before and after the December 6, 1917 Halifax explosion, which was the largest man-made blast in history until the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The explosion levelled most of the city and sent shards of glass and burning debris flying for miles. It left thousands dead, blinded or homeless. Suddenly orphaned, Charlotte turns to her diary to help her cope with the events that killed her entire family -- leaving her older brother, still fighting in the trenches of WWI, as her only surviving relative. This is an affecting story of loss and recovery, powerfully told by award-winning author Julie Lawson.
Author : Charles Harding Firth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Oxford Historical & Literary Studies written by Charles Harding Firth and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
