{"product_id":"9780002007870","title":"Curse Of The Narrows: The Halifax Explosion 1917","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe events of the horrific Halifax explosion are well documented: on December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship \u003cem\u003eMont\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBlanc \u003c\/em\u003eand the Belgian relief ship \u003cem\u003eImo \u003c\/em\u003ecollide in the Halifax harbour. Nearly 2,000 people are killed; over 9,000 more are injured. The story of one of the world’s worst non-natural disasters has been told before, but never like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a sweeping narrative, \u003cem\u003eCurse of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ethe Narrows \u003c\/em\u003etells a tale of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation, retracing the steps of survivors through the wreckage of a city destroyed now one hundred years after the fatal explosion. Laura M. Mac Donald weaves apanoramic chronicle of the astonishing international response to the explosion,telling of the generous donations of money and medical specialists made by thecity of Boston, of how the number of horrific injuries to Halifax’s children inspired startling developments in pediatric medicine, and exploring the disaster’s chilling link to the creation of the atomic bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with archival photos, defined by meticulous research and infused with a storyteller’s sensibility, \u003cem\u003eCurse of the\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eNarrows \u003c\/em\u003eis a compelling and powerful book, ever timely one the one-hundredth anniversary of the Halifax explosion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mac Donald, Laura","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Local)","offer_id":46931987300576,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/378569.jpg?v=1738168308","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780002007870","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}