First published in 2003, City on Fire is a gripping, intimate account of the explosions of two ships loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer that demolished Texas City, Texas, in April 1947, in one of the most catastrophic disasters in American history.
City on Fire: The Explosion that Devastated a Texas Town and Ignited a Historic Legal Battle
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Author(s)Bill Minutaglio
PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
ISBN / ASIN0292759231
ISBN-139780292759237
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,010,466
CategoryHistory
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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