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This is one of those rare books you just can't put down. I have read snippits about the "Great Molasses Flood" of Boston but they generally present in a humorous context. In fact, this was a tragedy that caused immense death and destruction, and was entirely preventable. In 1919 xenophobia was rampant in Boston. The war had ended, immigrants were "invading" from all over the world, and anarchists were perceived everywhere.Sacco & Vanzetti were making headlines--and the Irish and Italian mobs were "running the streets of Boston." Big business capitalized on cheap immigrant labor and cheap materials -- "corner-cutting" augmented business profits mightily. Thus, the leaking molasses tank was a trivial matter---it was painted brown to disquise the leakage, until one day......
In addition to the tragedy, this book provides a real education into the politics of business, immigration, and the living conditions in postwar Boston. The individual stories of saviors and victims that day forever discards the penumbra of humor from this tragic event as the "Great Molasses Flood" takes its rightful place among great American tragedies.
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Dark Tide Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo
ELAINE47, January 1, 2012
This is one of those rare books you just can't put down. I have read snippits about the "Great Molasses Flood" of Boston but they generally present in a humorous context. In fact, this was a tragedy that caused immense death and destruction, and was entirely preventable. In 1919 xenophobia was rampant in Boston. The war had ended, immigrants were "invading" from all over the world, and anarchists were perceived everywhere.Sacco & Vanzetti were making headlines--and the Irish and Italian mobs were "running the streets of Boston." Big business capitalized on cheap immigrant labor and cheap materials -- "corner-cutting" augmented business profits mightily. Thus, the leaking molasses tank was a trivial matter---it was painted brown to disquise the leakage, until one day......In addition to the tragedy, this book provides a real education into the politics of business, immigration, and the living conditions in postwar Boston. The individual stories of saviors and victims that day forever discards the penumbra of humor from this tragic event as the "Great Molasses Flood" takes its rightful place among great American tragedies.