Dark Tide: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919
by:
Stephen Puleo (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299563346 (1299563341)
Publish date: January 1st 2010
Publisher: Beacon Press
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Book Club,
American,
20th Century,
War,
American History,
Tragedy,
Historical
A quick read that was also a real page turner. Mr. Puleo does his research; there are many facets to this disaster and he takes the reader on a step by step journey, complete with an epilogue that details (as much as one can) what happened to the people involved in the book after the court settlemen...
I first heard about the Boston molasses flood of 1919 on an episode of Mysteries at the Museum, and I found it to be a captivating piece of history. Since then it has been one of my goals to learn more about this deadly disaster, but not much has been written about it. Then I found Dark Tide, and ...