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Author Kops, Deborah.

Title The Great Molasses Flood : Boston, 1919 / Deborah Kops.

Publication Info. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2012]
©2012
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1517235~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Nonfiction  J 363.17 KOP    AVAILABLE
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Description x, 102 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Summary An account of the January 1919 molasses tank explosion in Boston, Massachusetts, seeks to uncover why the tank blew up and who was to blame through primary sources and archival photographs that show the extent of the damage.
Note Includes index.
Contents Lunchtime near the harbor -- A terrible wave -- Hundreds to the rescue -- Who is to blame? -- A flood of stories -- A real or mythical bomber?
Audience 900L Lexile
Note 900L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 6.4 3 150718
Note Accelerated Reader MG 6.4 3 150718
Subject Industrial accidents -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Molasses industry -- Accidents -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Alcohol industry -- Accidents -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Floods -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9781580893480 (reinforced for library use)
9781580893497 (softcover)
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