The General Slocum steamboat fire of 1904
By: Ellen V. LiBretto.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Tragic fires throughout history
Publisher: Rosen Central
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: General Slocum (Steamboat) -- Juvenile literature.; General Slocum (Steamboat); Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Ships -- Fires and fire prevention -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.; Ships -- Fires and fire prevention.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) -- Fire, 1904.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the 1904 fire that destroyed the General Slocum and killed more than one thousand people, examining the causes, reactions of passengers, crew, and spectators, and aftermath of the disaster.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginning; title: The Captain and the fire; title: Chaos!; title: The run for North Brother Island; title: Aftermath; title: Remembering the tragedy.