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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Blind Mechanic: The Amazing Story of Eric Davidson, Survivor of the 1917 Halifax Explosion

The Blind Mechanic: The Amazing Story of Eric Davidson, Survivor of the 1917 Halifax Explosion

Davidson Elliott, Marilyn
Kitz, Janet

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Biographies GeneralCanadian History

Publisher Price: $25.95

ISBN10: 1771086769
ISBN13: 9781771086769
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
Published: Aug 28 2018
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.50 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Eric Davidson lost both eyes in the Halifax Explosion when he was two years old. Against all odds, he taught himself to become an auto mechanic and had a successful decades-long career as one of the boys.

Eric Davidson was a beautiful, fair-haired toddler when the Halifax Explosion struck, killing almost 2,000 people and seriously injuring thousands of others. Eric lost both eyes--a tragedy that his mother never fully recovered from. Eric, however, was positive and energetic. He also developed a fascination with cars and how they worked, and he later decided, against all likelihood, to become a mechanic. Assisted by his brothers who read to him from manuals, he worked hard, passed examinations, and carved out a decades-long career. Once the subject of a National Film Board documentary, Eric Davidson was, until his death, a much-admired figure in Halifax.

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