Blizzard of Glass

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 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. Free Read [ Blizzard of Glass ] author [ Sally M. Walker ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This is the story of an explosion of a munitions ship on December 6, 1917 in Halifax Harbor, what lead up to it, the massive force of the explosion, families involved and what happened afterwards Two thousand deaths five hundred being children , nine thousand injuries and the blizzard that happened the day after and the extraordinary relief effort make this a fascinating read It was the largest man made explosion before the atomic bomb On the last page is a picture of an anchor shaft from th This is the story of an explosion of a munitions ship on December 6, 1917 in Halifax Harbor, what lead up to it, the massive force of the explosion, families involved and what happened afterwards Two thousand deaths five hundred being children , nine thousand injuries and the bliz...Growing up in Chicago, I constantly heard and read about the Great Chicago Fire However, I had never once heard about the Halifax Explosion of 1917 I wonder if that is simply a regional thing The Halifax explosion is a very interesting story and I am surprised that it is notwell known and I now wonder the same about the Chicago Fire elsewhere.Walker, however, took a nonfiction write by numbers approach to the book She certainly presented some interesting details about the explosion, Growing up in Chicago, I constantly heard and read about the Great Chicago Fire However, I had never once heard about the Halifax Explosion of 1917 I wonder if that is simply a regional thing The Halifax explosion is a very interesting story and I am s...Great book It s the kind of non fiction I like best, with a combination of facts and personal narrative, all told with a sweeping movement and intensity The introductory chapters, where we hear about who went to work and who went to school and who stayed home sick and who only went to school in the afternoon, were unbearable as I waited to find out which of these places was safe and which wasn t As is right and proper in juvenile non fiction, much of the book focuses on children s experiences Great book It s the kind of non fiction I like best, with a combination of facts and personal narrative, all told with a sweeping movement and intensity The introductory chapters, where we hear about who went to work and who went to school and who stayed home sick and who only went to school in the afternoon, were unbearable as I waited to find out which of these places was safe and which wasn t As is right and proper in juvenile non fiction, much of the book focuses on children s experiences and memories The events of this book may have little bearing on the world today, as astonishing and horrific as it was at the time, but it is moving and fascinating all the same.I do notice that the l...I picked up an Advance Reader s Edition of this book at the annual conference of the American Library Association last month Technically, I am too biased to review it Sally Walker is a friend and Henry Holt is publishing my own next book But I m not the sort of girl that would let those things sway her into praising a book she didn t love and I love this book too much not to sing about it.In 1917, a ship carrying munitions into Halifax Harbor collided with a...There was an explosion in 1917 that killed about 2,000 people in Halifax, Canada Did you know about that I sure didn t But wow, what a story There were two boats that crashed But even worse is that one of the boats was totally loaded with TNT and other such things to help with the war in Europe The result was the biggest explosion until the atomic bomb The interesting thing about how Sally Walker tells the story is that she doesn t just tell facts about what happened She tells the story There was an explosion in 1917 that killed about 2,000 people in Halifax, Canada Did you know about that I sure didn t But wow, what a story There were two boats that crashed But even worse is that one of the boats was totally loaded with TNT and other such things to help wi...I seem to be having a problem with books I am listening to on Overdrive This is at least the second or third youth oriented book I have read It is a well written one, but, still a children s book I am very glad that this was not the first book I have read about the disaster that occurred in December 1917 in Halifax Harbor Curse Of The Narrows by Laura M MacDonald is ever so much better This book, however, tones down the disaster that occurred whereas Curse brings home just how much of a di I seem to be having a problem with books I am listening to on Overdrive This is at least the second or third youth oriented book I have read It is a well written one, but, still a children s book I am very glad that this was not the first book I have read about the disaster that occurred in December 1917 in Halifax Harbor Curse Of The Narrows by Laura M MacDonald is ever so much better This book, however, tones down the disaster that occurred whereas Curse brings home just how much of a disaster it is This i...I knew nothing of the Halifax Explosion that was the largest man made explosion until the atomic bombs dropped The subject matter was fascinating but I think Walker could have done a better job in crafting the story The photographs were great including illustrations but the addition of all of the different families their jobs, their home life, who was sick, who was walking to school left it too mundane to really want to muddle through I wanted THE STORY I wanted the thoughts, actions, what I knew nothing of the Halifax Explosion that was the large...I had heard of this explosion but never knew the facts until I read this book On December 6, 1917, a munitions ship loaded with explosives collided with another ship in Halifax harbor, setting off a fire and explosion that destroyed much of the town and killed thousands of people In addition to the many injured, over 40 people completely lost their vision because they were standing in front of windows that shattered when the explosion occurred It was followed by a blizzard that hampered rescu I had heard of this explosion but never knew the facts until I read this book On December 6, 1917, a munitions ship loaded with explosives collided with another ship in Halifax harbor, setting off a fire and explosion that destroyed much of the town and killed thousands of people In addition to the many injured, over 40 people completely lost their vision because they were standing in front of windows that shattered when the explosion occurred It was followed by a blizzard that hampered rescue efforts Walker selected particular children and their parents to follow before, during, and after the blast, thereby putting a human face on the tragedy for readers In some cases she was able to interview relatives of the survivors for first hand accounts Photos and maps provided additional emphasis to the horror of the destruction Walker describes how rescue and relief efforts were undertaken imagine being suddenly home...I applaud Sally M Walker s brevity In the hands of another modern historian, the reader would likely slog through every political intrigue, alliance, battle, pandemic, economic justification, and every minute detail of World War I to explain this singular event Nowadays, a reader travails through two ...Awesome, freaky and terrifying and how had I never heard of the Halifax Explosion, the biggest man made explosion before Hiroshima These Canadians are really too quiet and unassuming The book is super suspenseful as the author ticks off what each member of several families living near the harbor was doing on the morning that two ships one laden with munitions converged The ti...

• English
• 12 October 2017
Sally M. Walker
• Hardcover
• 160 pages
• 0805089454
• Sally M. Walker
• Blizzard of Glass