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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464692203321

Autore

Minutaglio Bill

Titolo

City on fire : the explosion that devastated a Texas town and ignited a historic legal battle / / Bill Minutaglio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

0-292-76104-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

976.4/139

Soggetti

Fires - Texas - Texas City - History - 20th century

Disasters - Texas - Texas City - History - 20th century

Industrial accidents - Texas - Texas City - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Introduction""; ""The Priest""; ""The Voyage""; ""The Priest""; ""The Ship""; ""The Company""; ""The Ship""; ""The Priest""; ""The Ship""; ""The Mayor""; ""The Ship""; ""The Mayor""; ""The Warning ""; ""The Ship""; ""The Priest""; ""The People""; ""The First Words from Texas City""; ""The Scientist""; ""The Mayor""; ""The City""; ""The Mayor""; ""The People""; ""The Priest""; ""The Second Explosion""; ""The President""; ""The City""; ""The City""; ""The Gangster""; ""The Priest ""; ""The Unknown Dead""; ""The Mayor""

""""United States of America, Defendant""""""The Trial""; """"By Direction of the President of the United States""""; ""The King Can Do No Wrong""; """"Speak Freely""""; """"Pleased to Advise""""; ""Good People""; ""Acknowledgments""