“The definitive account of America’s most fascinating and surreal disaster.” From the San Francisco Bay Guardian.weaves together stories of the people and families” From The Associated Press “Superb characterizations … enthusiastically recommended” From.“A good sense of timing and an easy voice” From Kirkus Reviews.It’s also a chronicle of the courage of ordinary people, from the firemen caught in an unimaginable catastrophe to the soldier-lawyer who presided over the lawsuit with heroic impartiality.įirst published in 2003, Dark Tide continues to capture the imagination of readers across the country and is the only adult nonfiction book on America’s most unusual tragedy. To understand the flood is to understand America of the early twentieth century – the flood was a microcosm of America, a dramatic event that encapsulated something much bigger, a lens through which to view the major events that shaped a nation. Dark Tide uses the gripping drama of the flood to examine the sweeping changes brought about by World War I, Prohibition, the anarchist movement, immigration, and the expanding role of big business in society.
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The Great Boston Molasses Flood claimed the lives of 21 people and caused widespread destruction.įor the first time, the story of the flood is told here in its full historical context, from the tank’s construction in 1915 through the multiyear lawsuit that followed the disaster. Shortly after noon on January 15, 1919, a 50-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston’s waterfront, disgorging its contents in a 15-foot-high wave of molasses that traveled at 35 miles per hour. Dark Tide The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
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