{"product_id":"the-halifax-explosion-nathan-w-cole-9798188290634","title":"The Halifax Explosion: The Shattering Story of the Greatest Man-Made Blast Before the Atomic Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eDecember 6, 1917. Two ships in a narrow harbor channel. One of them is a floating bomb.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a clear wartime morning, the French freighter Mont-Blanc - loaded with over 2,500 tons of high explosives - collided with the Norwegian steamer Imo in the Narrows of Halifax Harbour. Twenty minutes later came the largest man-made explosion before the atomic age. Inside you'll find: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe wartime port at full strain, and the chain of small decisions that put a bomb in its busiest channel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe twenty minutes of fire - the crowds at their windows, and the telegraph operator who stayed at his key\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe blast, the tsunami, and the square mile of the city that vanished in a single second\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe blizzard that buried the ruins the next morning, and the Boston relief train that fought through it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe inquiries and trials that ended with both ships at fault and no one punished - and the Christmas tree Nova Scotia still sends Boston every December\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eDrawn from archives, the Remembrance Book, and a century of scholarship, \u003ci\u003eThe Halifax Explosion\u003c\/i\u003e tells Canada's forgotten catastrophe hour by documented hour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathan W. Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798188290634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Nathan W. Cole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084344598783,"sku":"9798188290634","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-halifax-explosion-nathan-w-cole-9798188290634","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}