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City on Fire: The Explosion That Devastated a Texas Town and Ignited a Historic Legal Battle
Contributor(s): Minutaglio, Bill (Author)

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 ISBN: 0292759231     ISBN-13: 9780292759237
Publisher: University of Texas Press
OUR PRICE: $20.85  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx)
Dewey: 976.413
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.02 lbs) 307 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Geographic Orientation - Texas
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
- Cultural Region - South
- Locality - Galveston-Texas City, Texas
Features: Illustrated
 
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Publisher Description:
First published in 2003, City on Fire is a gripping, intimate account of the explosions of two ships loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer that demolished Texas City, Texas, in April 1947, in one of the most catastrophic disasters in American history.

Contributor Bio(s): Minutaglio, Bill: - Bill Minutaglio is author or coauthor of eight books, including Dallas 1963, In Search of the Blues: A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas, First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty, and Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Esquire, Newsweek, Outside: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Texas Monthly, among other publications. He has been interviewed on the Today Show, CNN, NPR, PBS, and the BBC. He lives in Austin, Texas.
 
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