Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 | 
pickThis book is aimed toward younger readers, but I found it a good introduction. There are also plenty of archival photos included. The author decided to tell the stories of a few specific families – to follow what happened to the people in those families, what they were doing at the time, etc. I do think this makes the book more “relatable”. cont in comments...
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I did know of the explosion, but this is the first I‘ve read about it, to really get more info/details on it. I already have other books on my tbr about the topic, as well. I thought this book was very well done. (Hate to say I “really liked” a book about a disaster, though I‘m sure I have before 6y