The great Halifax explosion : a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism (Record no. 57122)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780062666536 |
| Qualifying information | (hardcover) |
| International Standard Book Number | 0062666533 |
| Qualifying information | (hardcover) |
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| Original cataloging agency | YDX |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | YDX |
| Modifying agency | BTCTA |
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| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | F1039.5.H17 |
| Item number | B33 2017 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 971.6/22503 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bacon, John U., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1964- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 66019 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The great Halifax explosion : a World War I story of treachery, tragedy, and extraordinary heroism |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details | illustrations, map ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-397) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part I: A forgotten story. A century of gratitude ; Under cover of darkness -- Part II: O Canada. "Why aren't we Americans?" ; Waking up just in time -- Part III: The Great War. As near to Hell ; Halifax at war ; Life and death on the Western Front ; Halifax Harbour ; "It can't be any worse" ; "The city's newer part" ; Wounded inside and out -- Part IV: A dangerous dance. Two ships ; December 5, 1917 ; A game of chicken ; "Look to your boats!" ; Box 83 ; "Oh, something awful is going to happen" -- Part V: 9:04:35 a.m.. One-fifteenth of a second -- Parting the sea ; Blown away ; They're all gone ; The panic -- Part VI: Help. No time to explain ; Ready to go the limit ; A steady stream of victims ; Blizzard ; Lost and found ; The last stop ; The Yanks are coming ; A working Sabbath ; "It's me, Barbara!" ; Small gifts ; A toast to allies -- Part VII: Rebuilding. The missing and the dead ; The inquiry ; Christmas, 1917 ; Orphans ; "Don't stare" ; The trials ; The wholesome discord of a thousand saws -- Part VIII: Facing the future. New lives ; The accidental doctor ; The lasting impact ; The reunion. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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."--Dust jacket. |
| 648 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM | |
| Chronological term | 1900-1999 |
| 9 (RLIN) | 133318 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917. |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Explosions |
| Geographic subdivision | Nova Scotia |
| -- | Halifax |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Halifax (N.S.) |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 66022 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | History. |
| Source of term | fast |
| 9 (RLIN) | 4711 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | NF |
| Lost status | Collection code | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Barcode Number | Koha item type |
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| Nonfiction | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | 971.6 BAC | 34480000554661 | NF |