{"product_id":"mgantic-anne-marie-saint-cerny-9781772012590","title":"Megantic","description":"\u003cp\u003eLac-Mégantic, Québec, Canada - July 6, 2013. On a hot summer night, a driverless, out-of-control train descends the slope that leads to the scenic town below and explodes, pulverizing the downtown area and killing forty-seven unsuspecting victims. The devastation, which leaves the people of Lac-Mégantic dazed and in mourning, is quickly the object of a tortuous cover-up. Who are the tragedy's real culprits? In this fascinating piece of investigative journalism, which unfolds like a thriller, Saint-Cerny reveals the inner workings of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. She uncovers how the disaster, far from being just an \"error of a faulty system,\" was caused by powerful people and institutions distant from the town itself. The tragedy of Lac-Mégantic began far before the train's brakes failed; it was conceived in the offices of Wall Street hedge funders, of Dakota black-gold cowboy magnates, of oil conglomerates, of a political class entirely devoted to the interests of the rail industry. And when it struck, it hit a population which, while still in shock, found itself at the mercy of local predators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit of five years of work and interviews with nearly a hundred people, including victims and their relatives, \u003ci\u003eMégantic: A Tragedy in Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the story of the disaster in three acts - before, during, and after - in an investigation whose ultimate goal is to prevent the preventable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1772012599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781772012590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Talonbooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941925880063,"sku":"9781772012590","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9412d6d7-4933-49c3-b4d7-8c040628b40a.jpg?v=1681455757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mgantic-anne-marie-saint-cerny-9781772012590","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}