City on fire the explosion that devastated a Texas town and ignited a historic legal battle 1st Edition by Bill Minutaglio 9780292761056 0292761058
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ISBN 10: 0292761058
ISBN 13: 9780292761056
Author: Bill Minutaglio
A history of the 1947 disaster that rocked a segregated Texas boomtown and revealed disturbing negligence by the private sector and the US government. First published in 2003, City on Fire is a gripping, intimate account of the explosions of two ships loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer that demolished Texas City, Texas, in April 1947, in one of the most catastrophic disasters in American history. “Remarkable. . . . A terrific nonfiction work that has the narrative force of an adventure novel.” —Washington Post “[Among] the greatest life-or-death tales ever told.” —Esquire “City on Fire will stand on its own as one of the finest books ever written about Texas.” —Texas Observer “Incendiary reading. . . . A harrowing mosaic about a blaze during a time of racial divisions and environmental plundering…evocatively told. . . . The book vividly details the carnage as well as some acts of heroism and selflessness.” —Publishers Weekly “Riveting . . . Reminiscent of New York City’s rise from the askes after September 11, the chronicle of Texas City’s devastation and resurrection will strike a chord with contemporary readers.” —Booklist“History at its best, at once thrilling and illuminating. The story of ambition, hubris, tragedy, and bravery . . . is as timeless today in all of America as it was back in Texas more than half a century ago.” —David Maraniss, author of Barack Obama: The Story
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 The Priest
Chapter 2 The Voyage
Chapter 3 The Priest
Chapter 4 The Ship
Chapter 5 The Company
Chapter 6 The Ship
Chapter 7 The Priest
Chapter 8 The Ship
Chapter 9 The Mayor
Chapter 10 The Ship
Chapter 11 The Mayor
Chapter 12 The Warning
Chapter 13 The Ship
Chapter 14 The Priest
Chapter 15 The People
Chapter 16 The First Words from Texas City
Chapter 17 The Scientist
Chapter 18 The Mayor
Chapter 19 The City
Chapter 20 The Mayor
Chapter 21 The People
Chapter 22 Photo Section
Chapter 23 The Priest
Chapter 24 The Second Explosion
Chapter 25 The President
Chapter 26 The City
Chapter 27 The City
Chapter 28 The Gangster
Chapter 29 The Priest
Chapter 30 The Unknown Dead
Chapter 31 The Mayor
Chapter 32 “United States of America, Defendant”
Chapter 33 The Trial
Chapter 34 “By Direction of the President of the United States”
Chapter 35 The King Can Do No Wrong
Chapter 36 “Speak Freely”
Chapter 37 “Pleased to Advise”
Chapter 38 Good People
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