Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

A tank of two million gallons of molasses collapsed in Boston's North End and the wave killed twenty-one people. Puleo refuses to let this be a dark curiosity — he gives the dead their histories, reconstructs the corporate negligence, and follows the legal aftermath that became one of the first industrial liability cases in American history. Tragedy at the intersection of industry, immigration, and greed.