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Book Title
Gone at 3:17: The Untold Story of the Worst School Disaster in Am
ISBN
9781612341538
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Publisher
Potomac Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1612341535
ISBN-13
9781612341538
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109223191

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
328 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Gone at 3:17 : the Untold Story of the Worst School Disaster in American History
Publication Year
2012
Subject
Educational Policy & Reform / General, Secondary, Natural Disasters, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), General, Disasters & Disaster Relief
Type
Textbook
Author
Michael Wereschagin, David M. Brown
Subject Area
Nature, Social Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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LCCN
2011-023365
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
" Gone at 3:17 is the most compelling nonfiction Ie(tm)ve read since In Cold Blood . The detail is incredible. The story line is gripping. The writing is stellar. The chapter on the explosion will make you cry." e"Brad Bumsted, state capitol reporter for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Using recollections of survivors, witnesses, and journalists to tell this painful story in excruciatingly vivid detail, Brown and Wereschagin allow us to get to know the children, their parents, and their teachers. The story needs to be a part of our national legacy because there are lessons still to be learned., The 1937 New London explosion was a great American tragedy that once again demonstrates the courage, basic decency, and resiliency of American citizens. Gone at 3:17 will bring tears to your eyes, followed by a sense of pride, as you read this well-documented, absorbing, and poignant story., " Gone at 3:17 is a book that hits home, especially for anyone who has held his or her child moments after birth. It makes you realize nobody controls the future." --Rob Pratte, talk-show host, KDKA radio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "Using recollections of survivors, witnesses, and journalists to tell this painful story in excruciatingly vivid detail, Brown and Wereschagin allow us to get to know the children, their parents, and their teachers. The story needs to be a part of our national legacy because there are lessons still to be learned." e"Ellie Goldberg, educator and creator of the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion campaign to promote awareness of chemical hazards in schools, "The 1937 New London explosion was a great American tragedy that once again demonstrates the courage, basic decency, and resiliency of American citizens. Gone at 3:17 will bring tears to your eyes, followed by a sense of pride, as you read this well-documented, absorbing, and poignant story." --Dr. Cyril Wecht, past president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American College of Legal Medicine, " Gone at 3:17 is the most compelling nonfiction I've read since In Cold Blood . The detail is incredible. The story line is gripping. The writing is stellar. The chapter on the explosion will make you cry." --Brad Bumsted, state capitol reporter for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, " Gone at 3:17 is a book that hits home, especially for anyone who has held his or her child moments after birth. It makes you realize nobody controls the future." e"Rob Pratte, talk-show host, KDKA radio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "The 1937 New London explosion was a great American tragedy that once again demonstrates the courage, basic decency, and resiliency of American citizens. Gone at 3:17 will bring tears to your eyes, followed by a sense of pride, as you read this well-documented, absorbing, and poignant story." -Dr. Cyril Wecht, past president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American College of Legal Medicine, "The 1937 New London explosion was a great American tragedy that once again demonstrates the courage, basic decency, and resiliency of American citizens. Gone at 3:17 will bring tears to your eyes, followed by a sense of pride, as you read this well-documented, absorbing, and poignant story." e"Dr. Cyril Wecht, past president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American College of Legal Medicine, "Brown and Wereschagin fully understand that to richly describe, one must first vigorously report. This mesmerizing book reads like a novel not only because of their lucid prose but also as the result of their painstaking research and respect for the truth. Gone at 3:17 serves as a stunningly gracious tribute to the victims and survivors." e"Chuck Plunkett, politics editor, Denver Post, "Based on scores of interviews and an intimate understanding of a community torn by tragedy, Gone at 3:17 is the definitive study of the 1937 New London school explosion. This engrossing narrative of sorrow and survival burrows deep inside one of the greatest disasters in American history. Readers will come to view the Depression-era residents of Rusk County as neighbors and friends." -David Welky, author of The Thousand-Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937, Based on scores of interviews and an intimate understanding of a community torn by tragedy, Gone at 3:17 is the definitive study of the 1937 New London school explosion. This engrossing narrative of sorrow and survival burrows deep inside one of the greatest disasters in American history. Readers will come to view the Depression-era residents of Rusk County as neighbors and friends., "Brown and Wereschagin fully understand that to richly describe, one must first vigorously report. This mesmerizing book reads like a novel not only because of their lucid prose but also as the result of their painstaking research and respect for the truth. Gone at 3:17 serves as a stunningly gracious tribute to the victims and survivors." --Chuck Plunkett, politics editor, Denver Post, " Gone at 3:17 is a book that hits home, especially for anyone who has held his or her child moments after birth. It makes you realize nobody controls the future." -Rob Pratte, talk-show host, KDKA radio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gone at 3:17 is a book that hits home, especially for anyone who has held his or her child moments after birth. It makes you realize nobody controls the future., "Using recollections of survivors, witnesses, and journalists to tell this painful story in excruciatingly vivid detail, Brown and Wereschagin allow us to get to know the children, their parents, and their teachers. The story needs to be a part of our national legacy because there are lessons still to be learned." --Ellie Goldberg, educator and creator of the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion campaign to promote awareness of chemical hazards in schools, Brown and Wereschagin fully understand that to richly describe, one must first vigorously report. This mesmerizing book reads like a novel not only because of their lucid prose but also as the result of their painstaking research and respect for the truth. Gone at 3:17 serves as a stunningly gracious tribute to the victims and survivors., "I have finished my first reading, but it will not be my last. I commend the authors on an excellent book that will help many people continue to work through the horror of it all." e"Ben Meador of Dallas and witness to the New London School explosion that claimed his brothere(tm)s life, "Based on scores of interviews and an intimate understanding of a community torn by tragedy, Gone at 3:17 is the definitive study of the 1937 New London school explosion. This engrossing narrative of sorrow and survival burrows deep inside one of the greatest disasters in American history. Readers will come to view the Depression-era residents of Rusk County as neighbors and friends." --David Welky, author of The Thousand-Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937, "Based on scores of interviews and an intimate understanding of a community torn by tragedy, Gone at 3:17 is the definitive study of the 1937 New London school explosion. This engrossing narrative of sorrow and survival burrows deep inside one of the greatest disasters in American history. Readers will come to view the Depression-era residents of Rusk County as neighbors and friends." e"David Welky, author of The Thousand-Year Flood: The Ohio-Mississippi Disaster of 1937, I have finished my first reading, but it will not be my last. I commend the authors on an excellent book that will help many people continue to work through the horror of it all., "Brown and Wereschagin fully understand that to richly describe, one must first vigorously report. This mesmerizing book reads like a novel not only because of their lucid prose but also as the result of their painstaking research and respect for the truth. Gone at 3:17 serves as a stunningly gracious tribute to the victims and survivors." -Chuck Plunkett, politics editor, Denver Post, " Gone at 3:17 is the most compelling nonfiction I've read since In Cold Blood . The detail is incredible. The story line is gripping. The writing is stellar. The chapter on the explosion will make you cry." -Brad Bumsted, state capitol reporter for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Gone at 3:17 is the most compelling nonfiction I've read since In Cold Blood . The detail is incredible. The story line is gripping. The writing is stellar. The chapter on the explosion will make you cry., "I have finished my first reading, but it will not be my last. I commend the authors on an excellent book that will help many people continue to work through the horror of it all." -Ben Meador of Dallas and witness to the New London School explosion that claimed his brother's life, "I have finished my first reading, but it will not be my last. I commend the authors on an excellent book that will help many people continue to work through the horror of it all." --Ben Meador of Dallas and witness to the New London School explosion that claimed his brother's life, "Using recollections of survivors, witnesses, and journalists to tell this painful story in excruciatingly vivid detail, Brown and Wereschagin allow us to get to know the children, their parents, and their teachers. The story needs to be a part of our national legacy because there are lessons still to be learned." -Ellie Goldberg, educator and creator of the Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion campaign to promote awareness of chemical hazards in schools
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
373.764/185
Synopsis
At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the school's basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected until the flip of an electrical switch triggered a colossal blast. The two-story school, one of the nation's most modern, disintegrated, burying everyone under a vast pile of rubble and debris. More than 300 students and teachers were killed, and hundreds more were injured. As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the catastrophe approaches, it remains the deadliest school disaster in U.S. history. Few, however, know of this historic tragedy, and no book, until now, has chronicled the explosion, its cause, its victims, and the aftermath. Gone at 3:17 is a true story of what can happen when school officials make bad decisions. To save money on heating the school building, the trustees had authorized workers to tap into a pipeline carrying "waste" natural gas produced by a gasoline refinery. The explosion led to laws that now require gas companies to add the familiar pungent odor. The knowledge that the tragedy could have been prevented added immeasurably to the heartbreak experienced by the survivors and the victims' families. The town would never be the same. Using interviews, testimony from survivors, and archival newspaper files, Gone at 3:17 puts readers inside the shop class to witness the spark that ignited the gas. Many of those interviewed during twenty years of research are no longer living, but their acts of heroism and stories of survival live on in this meticulously documented and extensively illustrated book., At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the school's basement. More than 300 students and teachers were killed, and hundreds more were injured. No book, until now, has chronicled the explosion, its cause, its victims, and the aftermath.
LC Classification Number
LD7501.N4662B76 2012

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  • von young1c
    11. Jan. 2019

    Great book. Worth buying

    Very interesting, also very sad. Impossible to imagine a tragedy of this magnitude today.

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  • von nancyn7463
    22. Jan. 2019

    school explosion

    I find true stories interesting and the mother of a friend survived this disaster, so there is a personal connection.

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