{"product_id":"sinking-the-sultana-a-civil-war-story-of-imprisonment-greed-and-a-doomed-journey-home-hardcover","title":"Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSally M. Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe worst maritime disaster in American history wasn't the \u003ci\u003eTitanic. \u003c\/i\u003eIt was the steamboat \u003ci\u003eSultana\u003c\/i\u003e on the Mississippi River -- and it could have been prevented.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eSultana\u003c\/i\u003e. With a profit to be made, the captain rushed repairs to the boat 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 boat's boilers exploded, plunging the\u003ci\u003e Sultana\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eSultana\u003c\/i\u003e's disastrous fate?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally M. Walker \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the Sibert Medal winner \u003ci\u003eSecrets of a Civil War Submarine\u003c\/i\u003e as well as many other nonfiction books, including \u003ci\u003eBoundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation. \u003c\/i\u003eSally M. Walker lives in Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830436593952,"sku":"9780763677558","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0a6b34823ec79fc9c1cf30cae5fc3581.webp?v=1781266439","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sinking-the-sultana-a-civil-war-story-of-imprisonment-greed-and-a-doomed-journey-home-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}