The Coldest December: a Short Story Collection to Remember the Halifax Explosion

by Sheila McDougall, Phil Yeats, Quarter Castle Publishing

The Halifax Explosion was the result of the SS Imo, a Norwegian vessel, colliding with the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship, in the Narrows of the Halifax Harbour on the morning of Thursday December 6, 1917, eleven months before the end of the First World War. The Mont-Blanc was carrying highly explosive picric acid, benzol, TNT and gun cotton.The exact number of dead and injured people in Dartmouth and Halifax is unknown. The cities bustled with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927625270
• ISBN13: 9781927625279
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Quarter Castle Publishing
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"