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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Catastrophe : stories and lessons from the Halifax Explosion / T. Joseph Scanlon ; edited by Roger Sarty.
Names: Scanlon, Joseph, author. | Sarty, Roger, 1952- editor.
Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200297503 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200297651 | ISBN 9781771123716 (softcover) | ISBN 9781771123730 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781771123723 (PDF)
Subjects: LCSH: Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917. | LCSH: Disaster relief—Nova Scotia—Halifax—History—20th century. | LCSH: Halifax (N.S.)—History—20th century.
Classification: LCC FC2346.4 .S33 2020 | DDC 971.6/22503—dc23
Front-cover photo: Wrecked Homes – Campbell’s Rd. Nova Scotia Archives Photo Collection. Front-cover map: Plan of the City of Halifax. Library and Archives Canada, e000000569.
Cover design and interior design by Michel Vrana.
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