Aftershock
- true storythe 1917 Halifax ExplosionFrancis Mackey
- Categories:Historical Figures
- Language:English(Translation Services Available)
- Publication date:October,2015
- Pages:146
- Retail Price:19.95 USD
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Description
Who was to blame? Federal government and naval officials found in Pilot Mackey a convenient target for public anger. Charged with manslaughter, he was imprisoned, villainized in the press, and denied his pilot’s license even after the charges were dropped. A century later he is still unfairly linked to the tragedy.
Through interviews with Mackey’s relatives, transcripts, letters, and newly exposed government documents, author Janet Maybee explores the circumstances leading up to the Halifax Explosion, the question of fault, and the impact on the pilot and his family of the unjust, deliberate persecution that followed.
Author
Janet Maybee is a research associate at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Her archival studies in Halifax and Ottawa focused on the 1917 Halifax Explosion, particularly harbour pilot Francis Mackey and his family.