Sally M Walker

(Author)

Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey HomeCompact Disc, 10 October 2017

Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home
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Reading Age
Ages: 10-17
Grade Levels
5-12
Language
English
Publisher
Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Date Published
10 Oct 2017
ISBN-10
1536685488
ISBN-13
9781536685480

Description

The worst maritime disaster in American history wasn't the Titanic. It was the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River--and it was completely preventable.

In 1865, the Civil War was winding down and the country was reeling from Lincoln's assassination. Thousands of Union soldiers, released from Confederate prisoner-of-war camps, were to be transported home on the steamboat Sultana. With a profit to be made, the captain rushed repairs to the ship so the soldiers wouldn't find transportation elsewhere. More than 2,000 passengers boarded in Vicksburg, Mississippi...on a boat with a capacity of 376. The journey was violently interrupted when the ship's boilers exploded, plunging the Sultana into mayhem; passengers were bombarded with red-hot iron fragments, burned by scalding steam, and flung overboard into the churning Mississippi. Although rescue efforts were launched, the survival rate was dismal--more than 1,500 lives were lost. In a compelling, exhaustively researched account, renowned author Sally M. Walker joins the ranks of historians who have been asking the same question for 150 years: who (or what) was responsible for the Sultana's disastrous fate?

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 10-17
Author:
Sally M Walker
Book Format:
Compact Disc
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
10 October 2017
Dimensions:
13.72 x 16.26 x 1.02 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 5-12
ISBN-10:
1536685488
ISBN-13:
9781536685480
Language:
English
Weight:
204.12 gm

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