Aftershock: The Halifax Explosion and the Persecution of Pilot Francis Mackey
Language: English
Published by Nimbus Publishing Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2015
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"It is time to lift the weight of defamation carried far too long by a man and a family who did not deserve such a burden. It's is time to tell Mackey's truth." Foreword by Peter MacArthur. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white and color photographs. Detailed map showing showing the paths of the two ships approaching each other before the collision. Very light cover edgewear, including moderate diagonal crease to upper rear cover corner. Faint wrinkle to half-title page. Otherwise clean, tight, and unworn.
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- Title
- Aftershock: The Halifax Explosion and the Persecution of Pilot Francis Mackey
- Author
- Janet Maybee
- Publisher
- Nimbus Publishing Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1771083441
- ISBN 13
- 9781771083447
On December 6, 1917, harbour pilot Francis Mackey was guiding Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, into Bedford Basin to join a convoy across the Atlantic when it was rammed by Belgian Relief vessel Imo. The resulting massive explosion destroyed Halifax's north end and left at least two thousand people dead, including pilot William Hayes aboard Imo.
Who was to blame? Federal government and naval officials found in Pilot Mackey a convenient target for public anger. Charged with manslaughter, he was imprisoned, villainized in the press, and denied his pilot's license even after the charges were dropped. A century later he is still unfairly linked to the tragedy.
Through interviews with Mackey's relatives, transcripts, letters, and newly exposed government documents, author Janet Maybee explores the circumstances leading up to the Halifax Explosion, the question of fault, and the impact on the pilot and his family of the unjust, deliberate persecution that followed.
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