Three-Seventeen: A Short Historical Romance of the 1937 New London School Explosion (American Ashes #15)
Gordon J. MacKenzie
East Texas, March 18, 1937. A sweet, metallic smell. A spark. At 3:17 p.m. the school lifts, shatters, and the town changes forever. Lila, a young teacher who counts hands first, and Henry, a mechanic who hears trouble in pipes, crawl the wreckage, rig ropes, and pull survivors into daylight—then help push for the reform that will make gas smell like warning. Inspired by the real New London School disaster, this one-sitting love story lands on earned hope and the stubborn work of “what next.”
Includes a Historical Note and an Author’s Note. Reading time: ~25–30 minutes. Clean/slow-burn; rich period detail.
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