From the Bookshelf of Around the World in 80 Books…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought

This fascinating book tells the story of one of the most bizarre disasters in our country's history. In 1919, on the eve of Prohibition, a storage silo in Boston's North End was being filled with molasses which was about to be shipped off to be turned into alcohol. In the cold of January the tank was half filled with nearly a million gallons of molasses. The tank had been leaking for years. Children from the neighborhood came daily with their buckets to collect the leaked molasses for their moth
...more

Well presented about an event in United States history .Too bad today's world hasn't learned more from this disaster.
...more

Oct 24, 2011
Oana
marked it as to-read

Dec 16, 2012
Kathy Jo
marked it as to-read

Feb 20, 2013
Deedee
marked it as to-read

Aug 22, 2017
Terri
marked it as audiobooks

Jan 11, 2019
Davida "Davi"
marked it as to-read


Nov 30, 2021
Keeley
marked it as to-read

Jul 02, 2023
Deborah
marked it as to-read

Sep 01, 2025
Lisa of Hopewell
marked it as to-read