My boys and girls are in there : the 1937 New London school explosion / Ron Rozelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rozelle, Ron, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School accidents--Texas--New London--History--20th century.

School accidents.

Explosions--Texas--New London--History--20th century.

Explosions.

Natural gas--Accidents--Texas--New London--History--20th century.

Natural gas.

Disaster victims--Texas--New London--Biography.

Disaster victims.

New London (Tex.)--History--20th century.

New London (Tex.).

New London (Tex.)--Biography.

Consolidated School (New London, Tex.)--Explosion, 1937.

Consolidated School (New London, Tex.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On March 18, 1937, a spark ignited a vast pool of natural gas that had collected beneath the school building in New London, a tiny community in East Texas. The resulting explosion leveled the four-year-old structure and resulted in a death toll of more than three hundred-most of them children. To this day, it is the worst school disaster in the history of the United States. The tragedy and its aftermath were the first big stories covered by Walter Cronkite, then a young wire service reporter stationed in Dallas. He would later say that no war story he ever covered-during World War II o

Contents:

pt. 1. "My boys and girls"

pt. 2. Like somebody had lifted the lid off a kettle

pt. 3. The long silence

pt. 4. Speaking their names.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-77228-X

9786613683052

1-60344-780-6

OCLC:

794239536