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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- "My boys and girls" -- Like somebody had lifted the lid off a kettle -- Photographs -- The long silence -- Speaking their names -- Epilogue -- Author's notes and acknowledgments -- Their names. |
| 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 the 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 or Vietnam--was as heart-wrenching. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consolidated School (New London, Tex.) -- Explosion, 1937.
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Consolidated School (New London, Tex.) |
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Consolidated School (New London, Tex.) -- Explosion, 1937. |
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School accidents -- Texas -- New London -- History -- 20th century.
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School accidents. |
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Texas -- New London. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Explosions -- Texas -- New London -- History -- 20th century.
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Explosions. |
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Natural gas -- Accidents -- Texas -- New London -- History -- 20th century.
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Natural gas -- Accidents. |
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New London (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Disaster victims -- Texas -- New London -- Biography.
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Disaster victims. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
New London (Tex.) -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rozelle, Ron, 1952- My boys and girls are in there. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2012 9781603447614 (DLC) 2011037290 (OCoLC)755004196 |
| ISBN |
9781603447805 electronic book |
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1603447806 electronic book |
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9781603447614 |
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160344761X |
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