Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917

Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917Description by Sally M. Walker Paperback On December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and the other held relief supplies, both intended for war torn 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 more than a foot of snow on the area and

entered into WWI in 1917

the very embodiment of the pain and chaos of those cataclysmic times

sparked and fueled by the shock and suffering of war

It will examine how

Levitch’s handsomely illustrated book provides a unique lens through which to view a conflict and its commemoration

Text: "Books wanted for our men in camp and "over there

showing how the Great War

this compelling book analyzes the many subtle factors that influenced the treaty and the dominant

WORLD WAR I takes us from the first shots in Sarajevo to the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles and through every bunker

A fictionalized retelling of a true story

As the nation began to awaken to new international dangers in the 1930s

and search for their friends' bodies on the battlefield