The Dark Tide

"Dark Tide is the definitive account of America's most fascinating and surreal disaster." -John Marr, San Francisco Bay Guardian Shortly after noon on January 15, 1919, a fifty-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed on Boston's waterfront, disgorging its contents as a fifteen-foot-high wave of molasses that briefly traveled at thirty-five miles an hour. Dark Tide tells the compelling story of this man-made disaster that claimed the lives of twenty-one people and scores of animals and caused widespread destruction. Dark Tide has been selected as a "town-wide reading book" for five Massachusetts communities including Holliston, Mass. "Narrated with gusto . . . [Puleo's] enthusiasm for a little-known catastrophe is infectious." -The New Yorker "Compelling . . . Puleo has done justice to a gripping historical story." -Ralph Ranalli, Boston Globe "Thoroughly researched, the volume weaves together the stories of the people and families affected by the disaster . . . The cleanup lasted months, the lawsuits years, the fearful memories a lifetime." -Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press "Giving a human face to tragedy is part of the brilliance of Stephen Puleo's Dark Tide . . . Until they were given voice in this book, the characters who drove the story were forgotten." -Caroline Leavitt, Boston Sunday Globe

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The Dark Tide

"Dark Tide is the definitive account of America's most fascinating and surreal disaster." -John Marr, San Francisco Bay Guardian Shortly after noon on January 15, 1919, a fifty-foot-tall steel tank... Read more

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The Iron Tower Trilogy

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