Explosion on the Potomac
Subtitle: the 1844 calamity aboard the USS Princeton
By: Kerry Walters
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Charleston, South Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781626191976
Subjects: Explosion, 1844; Explosions; History; Friends and associates; Disasters; Presidents; Biography; Politicians; TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / History; Princeton (Frigate)
Description: "Chronicles the 1844 explosion on the Potomac River of the USS Princeton that killed two members of President John Tyler's cabinet and many others, even as it explores the consequences of this national tragedy"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-123) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "A Most Awful and Lamentable Catastrophe"; title: An Accidental President Seeks a Legacy; title: A Secretary of State Embraces Manifest Destiny; title: A Naval Officer Dreams of Glory; title: An Exploding Peacemaker Disrupts Everything; title: A Southern Statesman Hits a Hornet's Nest; title: A President Finds True Love but Grandsires Two Wars; title: Postscript.