{"product_id":"dark-tide-isbn-9780807078006","title":"Dark Tide","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The definitive account of America’s most fascinating and surreal disaster.”—John Marr, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Bay Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Narrated with gusto…[Puleo’s] enthusiasm for a little-known catastrophe is infectious.”\u003ci\u003e—The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Compelling…Puleo has done justice to a gripping historical story.”—Ralph Ranalli,\u003ci\u003e Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 100th anniversary edition with a new afterword of the only adult book on one of the odder disasters in US history—documenting the greed, disregard for poor immigrants, and lack of safety standards that led to it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAround noon on January 15, 1919, a group of firefighters was playing cards in Boston’s North End when they heard a tremendous crash. One firefighter jumped up from his chair to look out a window—“Oh my God!” he shouted to the other men, “Run!” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 50-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses had just collapsed on Boston’s waterfront, disgorging its contents in a 15-foot-high wave that traveled at 35 miles per hour. It demolished wooden homes, even the brick fire station. The number of dead wasn’t known for days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Tide\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the molasses flood in its full historical context. Tracing the era from the tank’s construction in 1915 through the multiyear lawsuit that followed the disaster, and drawing from long-lost court documents, fire department records, and newspaper accounts, Stephen Puleo uses the gripping drama of the molasses flood to examine the sweeping changes brought about by World War I, Prohibition, the anarchist movement, immigration, and the expanding role of big business in society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s also a chronicle of the courage of ordinary people, from the firemen caught in an unimaginable catastrophe to Judge Hugh Ogden, the soldier-lawyer who presided over the lawsuit against USIA with heroic impartiality.Author’s Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: Isaac’s Demons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: A Monster in Our Midst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Deadline on the Waterfront\u003cbr\u003e2. Neighborhood Weeping\u003cbr\u003e3. Along the Gulf Stream\u003cbr\u003e4. War and Anarchy\u003cbr\u003e5. Heavy Load\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Waves of Terror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Before . . . \u003cbr\u003e7. Engulfed!\u003cbr\u003e8. “I Am Prepared to Meet my God”\u003cbr\u003e9. Darkening Skies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: David vs. Goliath\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. “One of the Worst Catastrophes”\u003cbr\u003e11. Factor of Safety\u003cbr\u003e12. “A Sordid Story”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eList of Deceased\u003cbr\u003eBibliographic Essay\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eAfterword to the Anniversary EditionNarrated with gusto . . . [Puleo's] enthusiasm for a little-known catastrophe is infectious. —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compelling . . . Puleo has done justice to a gripping historical story.\"—Ralph Ranalli, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thoroughly researched . . . weaves together the stories of the people and families affected by the disaster, with often heartbreaking glimpses of their fates . . . The cleanup lasted months, the lawsuits years, the fearful memories a lifetime.\" —Randolph E. Schmid, \u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Giving a human face to tragedy is part of the brilliance of Stephen Puleo's \u003ci\u003eDark Tide\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Until they were given voice in this book, the characters who drove the story were forgotten.\" —Caroline Leavitt, \u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Puleo\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books including the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Italians\u003c\/i\u003e and the critically acclaimed Boston-area bestseller \u003ci\u003eDark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919\u003c\/i\u003e. A former award-winning newspaper reporter and contributor to \u003ci\u003eAmerican History \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, he holds a master’s degree in history and teaches at Suffolk University. He and his wife, Kate, live in the Boston area. 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