Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
by MacDonald, Laura M
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0006394892
- ISBN 13
- 9780006394891
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Harper Perennial. Very Good+. 2005. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0006394892 . Card covers show light shelf wear, remainder mark on pages bottom edge.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages; "on December 6, 1917, the French munitions ship Mont Blanc and the Belgian relief ship Imo collide in the Halifax harbour. Nearly 2,000 people are killed; over 9,000 more are injured." The harbour is destroyed with many civilian deaths .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21381
- Title
- Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
- Author
- MacDonald, Laura M
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0006394892
- ISBN 13
- 9780006394891
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- 0006394892, Halifax harbour, WWI, Explosion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
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Ainsworth Books
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