Could have been about 25 percent more concise by removing the sentimental praise

Overall a great book about an important event. The book is a bit longer than it should be. The individual stories are affecting. Do we need to hear that everyone in Canada and even a lot of Americans were noble and didn't think of themselves as they helped Halifax to heal and rebuild? Most of the time, a description would have spoken for itself. The author doesn't get into one big issue: how did these folks keep their religious faith? They are described as continuing to be faithful to their various Christian denominations. Yet hundreds of innocent children were killed due to simple incompetence. That is tough to square with belief in a benevolent God.

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