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City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle
by Minutaglio, Bill
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- NF/NF
- ISBN 10
- 0060185414
- ISBN 13
- 9780060185411
- Seller
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Bella Vista, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. Book. NF. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback with dust jacket. No defects to note on the book or the dust jacket. Book is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to former owner. In 1947, Texas City was experiencing boom times, bristling with chemical and oil plants, built to fuel Europe's seemingly endless appetite for the raw materials needed to rebuild its ruined cities. When an explosion ripped through its docks, the effect was cataclysmic. Thousands of people were wounded or killed, the fire department was decimated, planes were shot out of the sky, and massive ocean-bound freighters disintegrated. The blast knocked people to their knees in Galveston, ten miles away; broke windows in Houston, forty miles away; and rattled a seismograph in Denver, Colorado. Chaos reigned, the military was scrambled, the FBI launched investigations -- and ordinary citizens turned into heroes. 285 pages including a section of black and white photos..
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- Bookseller
- K. L. Givens Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016133
- Title
- City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle
- Author
- Minutaglio, Bill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Jacket Condition
- NF
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060185414
- ISBN 13
- 9780060185411
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Texas; Disaster
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
K. L. Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Bella Vista, Arkansas
About K. L. Givens Books
Our home-based business is located in the beautiful Ozarks of northwest Arkansas. We began selling books in 1992 and still enjoy searching for treasures to list on the internet. We are not mega-sellers; instead we select our inventory for condition and rarity. Among our favorites are 19th century classics in decorative bindings; regional histories and genealogies; and military history.
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