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Eileen M edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 Friday, August 7 2009.
- Added: Hey, lookit all the molass--GLUG!
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Shelfari edited the description of Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 Tuesday, August 4 2009.
"Dark Tide is the definitive account of America’s most fascinating and surreal disaster.” —John Marr, San Francisco Bay Guardian Shortly after noon on January 15, 1919, a fifty-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston’s waterfront, disgorging its contents as a fifteen-foot-high wave of molasses that briefly traveled at thirty-five miles an hour. Dark Tide tells the compelling story of this man-made disaster that claimed the lives of twenty-one people and scores of animals and caused widespread destruction. Dark Tide has been selected as a "town-wide reading book" for five Massachusetts communities including Holliston, Mass. “Narrated with gusto . . . <Puleo’s> enthusiasm for a little-known catastrophe is infectious.” —The New Yorker “Compelling . . . Puleo has done justice to a gripping historical story.” —Ralph Ranalli, Boston Globe “Thoroughly researched, the volume weaves together the stories of the people and families affected by the disaster . . . The cleanup lasted months, the lawsuits years, the fearful memories a lifetime.” —Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press “Giving a human face to tragedy is part of the brilliance of Stephen Puleo’s Dark Tide . . . Until they were given voice in this book, the characters who drove the story were forgotten.” —Caroline Leavitt, Boston Sunday Globe
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Shelfari edited the contributors of Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 Thursday, July 30 2009.
- Added a contributor: Stephen Puleo: (Primary Author)
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Shelfari edited the first sentence of Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 Friday, July 17 2009.
- Isaac Gonzales knew what a terrible thing it was to be afraid at night.
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