Table of Contents
Part I A Forgotten Story
Chapter 1 A Century of Gratitude 3
Chapter 2 Under Cover of Darkness 5
Part II O Canada
Chapter 3 "Why Aren't We Americans?" 21
Chapter 4 Waking Up Just in Time 31
Part III The Great War
Chapter 5 As Near to Hell 43
Chapter 6 Halifax at War 55
Chapter 7 Life and Death on the Western Front 61
Chapter 8 Halifax Harbour 69
Chapter 9 "It Can't Be Any Worse" 75
Chapter 10 "The City's Newer Part" 83
Chapter 11 Wounded Inside and Out 92
Part IV A Dangerous Dance
Chapter 12 Two Ships 105
Chapter 13 December 5, 1917 118
Chapter 14 A Game of Chicken 124
Chapter 15 "Look to Your Boats!" 140
Chapter 16 Box 83 150
Chapter 17 "Oh, Something Awful Is Going to Happen" 158
Part V 9:04:35 A.M.
Chapter 18 One-Fifteenth of a Second 167
Chapter 19 Parting the Sea 175
Chapter 20 Blown Away 181
Chapter 21 They're All Gone 193
Chapter 22 The Panic 205
Part VI Help
Chapter 23 No Time to Explain 225
Chapter 24 Ready to Go the Limit 238
Chapter 25 A Steady Stream of Victims 244
Chapter 26 Blizzard 255
Chapter 27 Lost and Found 262
Chapter 28 The Last Stop 270
Chapter 29 The Yanks Are Coming 276
Chapter 30 A Working Sabbath 281
Chapter 31 "It's Me, Barbara!" 288
Chapter 32 Small Gifts 292
Chapter 33 A Toast to Allies 303
Part VII Rebuilding
Chapter 34 The Missing and the Dead 309
Chapter 35 The Inquiry 315
Chapter 36 Christmas, 1917 319
Chapter 37 Orphans 325
Chapter 38 "Don't Stare" 331
Chapter 39 The Trials 338
Chapter 40 The Wholesome Discord of a Thousand Saws 346
Part VIII Facing the Future
Chapter 41 New Lives 355
Chapter 42 The Accidental Doctor 359
Chapter 43 The Lasting Impact 366
Chapter 44 The Reunion 372
Acknowledgments 375
Source Notes 379
Bibliography 393
Index 399