Sitting on a Keg of Dynamite: Father Bill, Texas City, and a Disaster Foretold - John Neal Phillips - Books - University of Oklahoma Press - 9780806190709 - September 30, 2022
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Sitting on a Keg of Dynamite: Father Bill, Texas City, and a Disaster Foretold

John Neal Phillips

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Sitting on a Keg of Dynamite: Father Bill, Texas City, and a Disaster Foretold

On April 16, 1947, the French vessel SS Grandcamp exploded in the port of Texas City, just north of Galveston, Texas. Nearly 600 people died. Among those killed was William Roach, a Roman Catholic priest known affectionately as Father Bill. Sitting on a Keg of Dynamite tells the remarkable story of Father Bill’s life.


264 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 30, 2022
ISBN13 9780806190709
Publishers University of Oklahoma Press
Pages 260
Dimensions 427 g
Language English  

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