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
paralyzing much-needed relief efforts.
Fascinating, edge-of-your-seat storytelling based on original source
material conveys this harrowing account of tragedy and recovery.
This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into
multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.