Dark Tide
Growing Up With Ted Bundy

Did you ever hear of the “great molasses flood” in Boston? I grew up hearing about this event – probably because it took place in and around Boston’s North End, and we had ties to and visited the North End frequently. But even I took the reality of this event with a grain of salt. But it actually hap......more

Anyone who had parents who grew up in Boston heard the story passed down about the great Molasses Flood. It was usually told in an offhand manner, ending with "on a hot day you can still smell the molasses". This is the whole story, and there isn't anything offhand about it. A very good piece of soc......more

I now know about the fermentation of molasses. I learned SO much about 1910-1930’s Boston. REALLY interesting read!......more

Fantastic narrative nonfiction. First: I love that this is the story of a tragedy that no one I'd never heard of. Things I loved learning about, doubly so because I went in expecting to just hear the story about a molasses flood: - Engineering mistakes made in the favor of saving money, that eventuall......more

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 wa......more