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Title: The Texas City Disaster, 1947 by Hugh W. Stephens ISBN: 0-292-77723-X Publisher: University of Texas Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Little Known Event
Comment: I never read about this event in any of my history books. This story of events grips the reader or at least me and had me questioning how things could go so bad. It does not really touch you on an emotional level but more on an intellectual one. The information is all there and is told in matter-of-fact prose. It does not really editorialize and that is what I liked about it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Thorough, but neither personal nor exciting.
Comment: This is a horrible disaster which needs to be known to all of us. As far as facts and figures, causes and blames, go, the book is thorough. What it is NOT is exciting or dramatic. I have read lots of disaster fiction and nonfiction, and what I find lacking in this book is the personal element--most such books DO include some of the many personal dramas which are part of such a major event. Lacking these, the book does not "touch" one the way it should. Similarly, the lack of personal histories weakens the drama inherent in such an event.
Certainly, read the book for the facts. But do not expect gripping drama.
Rating: 5
Summary: A look in the mirror
Comment: Growing up on the upper Texas coast, this story was a staple of our childhood. We all knew the reason for the anchor at the entrance to the Texas City Dyke and the destruction that was caused as a result of the explosion of the Grandcamp and later the High Flyer. I worked at the Monsanto plant for a time after it was sold to Sterling Chemical, and the anniversary of that day is something everyone there takes very seriously.
This book explores the reasons why this tragedy happened and the response of authorities under tremendous pressure. If you are unfamiliar with the tragedy, Hugh Stevens does a great job of walking you through the events leading up to the initial explosion of the Grandcamp and the subsequent explosion of the High Flyer.
This book should be required reading for everyone who lives/works in an industrial area, local authorities and government officials. While reading this, though, I realized that this type of tragedy is not relegated to the past. Something like this can happen again, even with the safety precautions. No industrial town is immune to this type of tragedy...
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Title: City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle by Bill Minutaglio ISBN: 0060185414 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903 by Nat Brandt, R. Perry Duis, Cathlyn Schallhorn ISBN: 0809324903 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: To Sleep With the Angels: The Story of a Fire (Illinois) by David Cowan, John Kuenster ISBN: 156663217X Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson, Isaac Monroe Cline ISBN: 0375708278 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 11 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy by Stewart O'Nan ISBN: 0385496850 Publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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