Salt and Fire: A Short Historical Romance of the 1947 Texas City Disaster (American Ashes #16)
Gordon J. MacKenzie
Texas City, April 16, 1947. Orange smoke curls above the French freighter Grandcamp—then a white flash unthreads the harbor. Alma, a school secretary who turns a gym into a field hospital, and Jesse, a longshoreman with rope and grit, ferry survivors, run ad-hoc ambulances, and keep breath moving as fires spread to the Highflyer. Inspired by the real Texas City disaster—ammonium nitrate cargo, harbor chain-reaction, and a city rebuilt—this one-sitting love story lands on earned hope and the habit of counting who’s safe.
Includes a Historical Note and an Author’s Note. Reading ~25–30 minutes. Clean / slow burn; rich period detail.
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