City on Fire : : The Explosion that Devastated a Texas Town and Ignited a Historic Legal Battle / / Bill Minutaglio.
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.
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Minutaglio, Bill, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut City on Fire : The Explosion that Devastated a Texas Town and Ignited a Historic Legal Battle / Bill Minutaglio. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©2014 1 online resource (307 p.) : 12 b&w photos text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Introduction -- TEXAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT -- The Priest -- The Voyage -- The Priest -- The Ship -- The Company -- The Ship -- The Priest -- The Ship -- The Mayor -- The Ship -- The Mayor -- The Warning -- The Ship -- The Priest -- The People -- The First Words from Texas City -- The Scientist -- The Mayor -- The City -- The Mayor -- The People -- The Priest -- The Second Explosion -- The President -- The City -- The City -- The Gangster -- The Priest -- The Unknown Dead -- The Mayor -- "United States of America, Defendant" -- The Trial -- "By Direction of the President of the United States" -- The King Can Do No Wrong -- "Speak Freely" -- "Pleased to Advise" -- Good People -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Disasters Texas Texas City History 20th century. Fires Texas Texas City History 20th century. Industrial accidents Texas Texas City History 20th century. HISTORY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110745337 https://doi.org/10.7560/759237 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292761049 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292761049/original |
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Minutaglio, Bill, Minutaglio, Bill, City on Fire : The Explosion that Devastated a Texas Town and Ignited a Historic Legal Battle / Frontmatter -- Introduction -- TEXAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT -- The Priest -- The Voyage -- The Ship -- The Company -- The Mayor -- The Warning -- The People -- The First Words from Texas City -- The Scientist -- The City -- The Second Explosion -- The President -- The Gangster -- The Unknown Dead -- "United States of America, Defendant" -- The Trial -- "By Direction of the President of the United States" -- The King Can Do No Wrong -- "Speak Freely" -- "Pleased to Advise" -- Good People -- Acknowledgments |
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Frontmatter -- Introduction -- TEXAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT -- The Priest -- The Voyage -- The Ship -- The Company -- The Mayor -- The Warning -- The People -- The First Words from Texas City -- The Scientist -- The City -- The Second Explosion -- The President -- The Gangster -- The Unknown Dead -- "United States of America, Defendant" -- The Trial -- "By Direction of the President of the United States" -- The King Can Do No Wrong -- "Speak Freely" -- "Pleased to Advise" -- Good People -- Acknowledgments |
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Frontmatter -- Introduction -- TEXAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT -- The Priest -- The Voyage -- The Ship -- The Company -- The Mayor -- The Warning -- The People -- The First Words from Texas City -- The Scientist -- The City -- The Second Explosion -- The President -- The Gangster -- The Unknown Dead -- "United States of America, Defendant" -- The Trial -- "By Direction of the President of the United States" -- The King Can Do No Wrong -- "Speak Freely" -- "Pleased to Advise" -- Good People -- Acknowledgments |
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