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Title:
CITY ON FIRE
THE EXPLOSION THAT DEVASTATED A TEXAS TOWN AND IGNITED A HISTORIC LEGAL BATTLE
By:
Bill Minutaglio
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Paperback
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ISBN 10:
0292759231
ISBN 13:
9780292759237
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Publisher:
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS
Pub. date:
15 February, 2014
Pages:
307
Description:
Offers an account of the explosions of two ships loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer that demolished Texas City, Texas, in April 1947, in one of the most catastrophic disasters in American history.
Synopsis:
First published in 2003, City on Fire is a gripping, intimate account of the explosions of two ships loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer that demolished Texas City, Texas, in April 1947, in one of the most catastrophic disasters in American history.
Illustrations:
12 b&w photos
Publication:
US
Imprint:
University of Texas Press
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