A new 100th anniversary edition of the only adult book on one of the odder disasters in US history—and the greed, disregard for poor immigrants, and lack of s

Chronicles the events surrounding the Great Molasses Flood, during which a large storage tank burst in a Boston neighborhood in 1919 and caused a deadly wave of

One hundred years ago, a killer wave of molasses struck a crowded Boston neighborhood. Discover the story of this strange disaster in the next book in the New Y

Maggie tries to liven up things by telling tall tales, then one day a huge molasses tank bursts but no one will believe her.

WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 1919 was a world-shaking year. America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent t