
The Great Molasses Flood: Boston, 1919
A strange and sticky piece of history. January 15, 1919, started off as a normal day in Boston’s North End. Workers took a break for lunch, children played in the park, trains made trips between North and South Stations. Then all of a sudden a large tank of molasses exploded, sending shards of metal hundreds of feet away, collapsing buildings, and coating the harborfront community with a thick lay...
Age Range: 9 - 12 years
Grade Level: 4 - 7
Lexile Measure: 900L
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Charlesbridge (January 6, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781580893497
ISBN-13: 978-1580893497
ASIN: 158089349X
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.4 x 10 inches
Amazon Rank: 382986
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“I am ashamed to say I had never heard the story of The Great Molasses Flood, more so because I was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts where it took place in February of 1915, in the North End of Boston. I happened to see a post on facebook abou...”
r of sticky-sweet sludge. Deborah Kops takes the reader through this bizarre and relatively unknown disaster, including the cleanup and court proceedings that followed. What happened? Why did the tank explode? Many people died or were injured in the accident—who was to blame? Kops focuses on several individuals involved in the events of that day, creating a more personal look at this terrible tragedy.
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