Sinking the Sultana
Subtitle: a civil war story of imprisonment, greed, and a doomed journey home
By: Sally M. Walker
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Somerville, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780763677558
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Sultana (Steamboat); Steamboat disasters; Steam-boiler explosions; Personal narratives; Biography; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [188]-191) and index.

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Table of contents: title: tPrologue: April 37, 1865, 2:30 a.m.; title: Steamboats a-comin' --; title: Off to war --; title: Dens of death --; title: A large and splendid steamer --; title: Freedom --; title: Countdown to disaster --; title: End of the world --; title: Rescue --; title: A grim search --; title: Why? --; title: A sad truth --; title: Epilogue.