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- catalog abstract ""...On 27 April 1865, seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi, the boilers of the sidewheel steamboat Sultana suddenly exploded. Legally registered to carry 376 people, the boat was packed with 2,100 recently released Union prisoners of war. More than 1,700 people died, making it the worst marine disaster in U.S. history"-- Front flap, book jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10288890.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ""...On 27 April 1865, seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi, the boilers of the sidewheel steamboat Sultana suddenly exploded. Legally registered to carry 376 people, the boat was packed with 2,100 recently released Union prisoners of war. More than 1,700 people died, making it the worst marine disaster in U.S. history"-- Front flap, book jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-335) and index.".
- catalog description "The Sultana -- Delivered form bondage -- Messenger of death -- Greed and deception -- The loading -- The overcrowding -- Homeward bound -- Prelude to destiny -- The explosion -- Panic on the bow -- Devastation on the stern -- Death on the hurricane deck -- The horror of fire -- The cold Mississippi -- Help from Memphis -- The Sultana's last minutes -- The final rescues -- The living and the dead -- The investigations -- Too soon forgotten.".
- catalog extent "xii, 346 p., [10] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Disaster on the Mississippi.".
- catalog identifier "1557507392 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Disaster on the Mississippi.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "Disaster on the Mississippi.".
- catalog spatial "Mississippi River".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons.".
- catalog subject "973.7/71 20".
- catalog subject "E595.S84 S25 1996".
- catalog subject "Steamboat disasters Mississippi River History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Sultana (Steamboat)".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Sultana -- Delivered form bondage -- Messenger of death -- Greed and deception -- The loading -- The overcrowding -- Homeward bound -- Prelude to destiny -- The explosion -- Panic on the bow -- Devastation on the stern -- Death on the hurricane deck -- The horror of fire -- The cold Mississippi -- Help from Memphis -- The Sultana's last minutes -- The final rescues -- The living and the dead -- The investigations -- Too soon forgotten.".
- catalog title "Disaster on the Mississippi : the Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865 / Gene Eric Salecker.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".