North Of The Narrows

Author : Laura M. Mac Donald
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802718396
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curse of the Narrows written by Laura M. Mac Donald and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1917, the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was crowded with ships leaving for war-torn Europe. On December 6th, two of them-the Mont Blanc and the Imo-collided in the Narrows, a hard-to-navigate stretch of the harbor. Ablaze, and with explosions on her deck filling the sky, the Mont Blanc grounded against the city's docks. As thousands rushed to their windows and into the streets to watch, she exploded with such force that the 3,121 tons of her iron hull vaporized in a cloud that shot up more than 2,000 feet; the explosion was so unusual that Robert Oppenheimer would study its effects to predict the devastation of an atomic bomb. The blast caused a giant wave that swept over parts of the city, followed by a slick, black rain that fell for ten minutes. Much of the city was flattened, and not one in 12,000 buildings within a 16-mile radius left undamaged. More than 1,600 Haligonians were killed and 6,000 injured; and within twenty-four hours, a blizzard had isolated Halifax from the world. Set vividly against the background of World War I, Curse of the Narrows is the first major account of the world's largest pre-atomic explosion, the epic relief mission from Boston, and the riveting trial of the Mont Blanc's captain and pilot. Laura M. Mac Donald is as adept at describing the dynamics of a chain reaction explosion as she is at chronicling unforgettable human dramas of miraculous survival, unfathomable loss, and the medical breakthroughs in pediatrics and eye surgery that followed the disaster . Using primary sources--many of which haven't been read in decades and--with a wonderful feel for narrative history, Mac Donald chronicles one of the most compelling and dramatic events of the 20th century.

Author : Backpacker Magazine
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493025988
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Backpacker The Complete Guide to Backpacking written by Backpacker Magazine and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker Magazine’sThe Complete Guide to Backpacking combines and distills the most useful and relevant skills necessary for backpacking in one easy to use guide, from the most respected authority on backpacking— Backpacker magazine. From detailed descriptions of what to pack and how to pack it, to navigation and campsite cooking, to managing outdoor hazards and more, The Complete Guide to Backpacking is the definitive resource for Backpacking-related know-how.

Author : Claude Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North of the Narrows written by Claude Simpson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Narrows Unit, Colorado. Missouri River Basin Project written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 90-31. Considers H.R. 17566, to authorize a flood control and water resources development project in the Missouri River Basin in Colorado. Hearing was held in Fort Morgan, Colo.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Narrows Unit, Colorado, Missouri River Basin Project written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ann Petry
Publisher : Dafina Books
ISBN 13 : 9780758225085
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Narrows written by Ann Petry and published by Dafina Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small New England community, The Narrows, is struggling to right itself after decades of abandonment and racial strife - and Link Williams, a smart, black kid freshly graduated from university, just might be able to escape. Leaving The Narrows proves to be the easy part, as the love Link shares with Camilo Sheffield sets into motion the most unthinkable of acts and rocks their worlds in ways that neither of them could ever have imagined. Ann Petry evokes a bustling, vibrant community fighting against the complex racial dynamics of the 1950s.

Author : Eric Jamieson
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550175301
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tragedy at Second Narrows written by Eric Jamieson and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Lieutenant-Governor Medal On June 17, 1958, Vancouver experienced the worst industrial accident in its history when the new bridge being built across Burrard Inlet collapsed into the flooding tidal waters of Second Narrows, killing eighteen workers. Photos of the two broken spans tilted into the sea went around the world and provided the city with one of its iconic historical images, still familiar to school children half a century later. The shocking thing was that the bridge was not an old, decrepit structure, but a new one just in the midst of being erected with all the support and security modern engineering could provide. That somebody had made a colossal error seemed obvious, but it would take a Royal Commission to discover how and why. Even then, some mysteries will never be solved. Tragedy at Second Narrows unravels one of Vancouver's great mysteries with all the appeal of a gripping detective novel. Eric Jamieson has returned to the scene of the tragedy and reconstructed the tragic event with scrupulous care, introducing the entire cast of politicians, construction bosses, engineers and ironworkers; he relives those terrifying moments when the structure began to crack and drop like the bottom was falling out of the world. In the end, readers will have learned about the fascinating world of big-time bridge building and will be left with a searingly clear picture of precisely how a great disaster took shape and plunged to its inevitable conclusion.

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. North Pacific Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Shoreline Study, Inventory Report, Columbia-North Pacific Region, Washington and Oregon written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. North Pacific Division and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1968, the 90th Congress authorized this national appraisal of shore erosion and shore protection. To satisfy the purposes of the authorizing legislation, a family of 12 related reports has been published. They are: Regional inventory reports; Shore protection guidelines; Shore management guidelines; and Report on the national shoreline study. This report presents an inventory of the physical characteristics, historical changes, and ownership and use of the coastal shorelines of Washington and Oregon, including major bays and estuaries.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marin-Sonoma Narrows (MSN) HOW Widening Project, Marin and Sonoma Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Branch Whitney
Publisher : Huntington Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 0929712218
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hiking Las Vegas written by Branch Whitney and published by Huntington Press Inc. This book was released on 1997 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-of-a kind guide is devoted to southern Nevada's recreational wonderland. It details 20 hikes on the slopes of Mount Charleston, the highest mountain in southern Nevada and only a 60-minute drive from the Las Vegas Strip. It also describes 40 trails, paths, and routes in BLM's showcase Red Rock Canyon Recreation Area, less than half an hour from Glitter Gulch.