Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery

A detailed story of the boat explosion in Halifax harbor in 1917, the devastation to lives and properties and the resilience of the Maritime Canadians.

Excellent book. I just returned from Halifax and was curious about the explosion. I did think it went into a little too much detail about the people affected, but, that could be a good thing for genealogy buffs. All in all a good read

Until I visited Halifax, this was a little known tragedy. It was probably Canada's biggest disaster. A French munition ship taking ammunition from New York to France is sent to Halifax to link up with an outbound convoy. As she enters the inner harbor, a Norwegian relief ship rams her and starts a fire. The ship blows, leveling half of the city. The size of this explosion was great. I saw a large piece of the ship thrown 3 miles distance. To compound the disaster, on the next day the city is savaged by a fierce blizzard. Kitz set up the exhibit in the Maritime Museum about December 6, 1917. She has both a personal and professional interest in this tragedy. She writes from experience. In her book, she details both the tragedy itself, and the relief efforts. She spends more time on the relief than on the disaster itself. This is a good and interesting read.

I guess I should have read the title more carefully. I went to school in Halifax (1990-94) and having seen among other things, anchors embedded in sidewalks, was curious as to the 'why'. The Halifax explosion was the answer I got. The book covers the means to the end (the explosion) in the first 30 pages or so, and the rest of the book is about recovery and how it was dealt with and stories of individual survivers. I really wanted to know the details of what led to the explosion and had my answer after the first 30 pages. I never bothered to finish the book, wasn't interested in the survivors stories. Jason

Excellent and detailed account of the Halifax explosion and highlights many of the lives of some citizens there . . . many of the family names and individuals will be familiar to long-time residents of this now garden city that was so devastated.

Prompt service.Book listed as very good.Arrived even better condition than I expected.I would call it new.Obviously not read.Extrordinary book about an extrordinary day in Canadian history

yes absolutely met my expectations