My Boys and Girls Are in There
Subtitle: The 1937 New London School Explosion
By: Ron Rozelle
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781603447614; 9781603447805
Subjects: Explosion, 1937; Disaster victims; Natural gas; Consolidated School (New London, Tex.); Explosions; School accidents; Accidents; Biography; History
Description: My Boys and Girls Are in There: The 1937 New London School Explosion" is a meticulous, candid account by veteran educator and experienced author Ron Rozelle. Unfolding with the narrative pace of a novel, the story woven by Rozelle--beginning with the title--combines the anguished words of eyewitnesses with telling details from the historical and legal record. Released to coincide with the seventy-fifth anniversary of the New London School disaster,
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: "My boys and girls"; title: Like somebody had lifted the lid off a kettle; title: Photographs; title: The long silence; title: Speaking their names; title: Epilogue; title: Author's notes and acknowledgments; title: Their names.