Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home by Sally M. Walker

Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home

Sally M. Walker

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative slow-paced
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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.In 1865, the Civil War was winding down and the country was reeling from Lincoln's assass...

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