What Was the Great Molasses Flood of 1919?

by Who Hq and Kirsten Anderson

Learn about Boston's molasses disaster of 1919, when a storage tank burst and flooded the streets, in this latest addition to the New York Times Bestselling What Was? series.

An unusually warm winter day resulted in 2.3 million gallons of molasses flooding the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The disaster killed twenty-one people and injured 150 others. Rescue missions were launched to save people from the sticky...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593520777
• ISBN13: 9780593520772
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Penguin Workshop
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7