Dark Tide
by Jennifer Donnelly · first published 2015
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Once a lost and confused princess, Serafina is now a confident leader of the Black Fin Resistance (BFR). While she works on sabotaging her enemy and enlisting allies for battle, her friends face challenges of their own. Ling is in the hold of Rafe Mfeme's giant trawler, on her way to a prison camp. Becca meets up with Astrid and learns why the Ondalinian mermaid is always so angry: she is hiding a shameful secret. Ava can't return home, because death riders await her arrival. And it is getting more and more difficult for Mahdi, Serafina's betrothed, to keep up the ruse that he is in love with
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For those interested in this unusual event, the book Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 chronicles the run-up to the disaster and the enormous court case which followed, in which USIA attempted to blame Italian anarchists for the tank's destruction.…
on “Solving a Mystery Behind the Deadly ‘Tsunami of Molasses’ of 1919” ↗For a more in-depth look at the disaster and the social circumstances in the North End that led to the attempted scapegoating of Italian immigrant anarchists, I recommend Dark Tide: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/559887.Dark_Tide
on “The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2018)” ↗Pretty insane. “Dark Tide” is a great read on the subject. There’s a playground on the site now- the area it describes is compact and walkable (as is much of Boston to be fair).
on “The Great Molasses Flood (1919)” ↗