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Sinking the Sultana : a Civil War story of imprisonment, greed, and a doomed journey home

Call Number

  • J 973.771 WALK (OSH)

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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.

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