Bill Minutaglio

City on Fire

The Explosion that Devastated a Texas Town and Ignited a Historic Legal Battle

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9780292759237
• ISBN-10: 0292759231
• Artikelnr.: 39743274

Autorenporträt

By Bill Minutaglio

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Texas City Police Department
The Priest: April 7, 1947
The Voyage: April 7, 1947
The Priest: April 8, 1947
The Ship: April 8, 1947
The Company: April 9, 1947
The Ship: April 9, 1947
The Priest: April 9, 1947
The Ship: April 10, 1947
The Mayor: April 10, 1947
The Ship: April 10, 1947
The Mayor: April 10, 1947
The Warning: April 14, 1947
The Ship: April 14, 1947
The Priest: April 16, 1947, 6:00 A.M.-9:12 A.M.
The People: April 16, 1947, 6:00 A.M.-9:12 A.M.
The First Words from Texas City: April 16, 1947, 9:12 A.M.
The Scientist: April 16, 9:12 A.M.
The Mayor: April 16, 1947, 9:12 A.M.
The City: April 16, 9:12 A.M.
The Mayor
The People: April 16, 1947, 9:12 A.M.
Photo Section
The Priest: April 16
The Second Explosion: April 16, 10:00 A.M.-Midnight
The President: April 17, 1947
The City: April 17, 1947
The City: April 18, 1947
The Gangster: April 19, 1947
The Priest: April 24, 1947
The Unknown Dead: June 22, 1947
The Mayor: August 23, 1947
“United States of America, Defendant”: April 1948
The Trial: April 1950
“By Direction of the President of the United States”: 1949-1952
The King Can Do no Wrong: Summer 1953
“Speak Freely”: Fall 1953
“Pleased to Advise”: 1954-1955
Good People: April 2001
Acknowledgments