Book
1 of 1 Copy Available
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
Sinking the Sultana : a Civil War story of imprisonment, greed, and a doomed journey home
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.
Physical Description
196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
The worst maritime disaster in American history wasn't the Titanic. It was the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River and it could have been prevented.
Contents
- Prologue: April 27, 1865, 2:30 a.m.
- Steamboats a-comin'
- Off to war
- Dens of death
- A large and splendid steamer
- Freedom
- Countdown to disaster
- End of the world
- Rescue
- A grim search
- Why?
- A sad truth.
Subjects
- Prisoners of war > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Prisoners of war > Confederate States of America > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Steamboat disasters > Mississippi River > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
- Steam-boiler explosions > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
- Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
- Prisoners of war > Confederate States of America > Biography.
- Steamboat disasters > Mississippi River > History > 19th century.
- Steam-boiler explosions > History > 19th century.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons > Juvenile literature.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives > Juvenile literature.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons.
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
- Sultana (Steamboat) > Juvenile literature.
- Sultana (Steamboat)