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1 online resource (377 pages) |
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Foreword by Jerry O. Potter; Preface; Acknowledgments ; 1. The Sultana ; 2. Delivered from Bondage ; 3. Messenger of Death ; 4. Greed and Deception ; 5. The Loading ; 6. The Overcrowding ; 7. Homeward Bound ; 8. Prelude to Destiny ; 9. The Explosion ; 10. Panic on the Bow ; 11. Devastation on the Stern ; 12. Death on the Hurricane Deck ; 13. The Horror of Fire; 14. The Cold Mississippi ; 15. Help from Memphis ; 16. The Sultana's Last Minutes ; 17. The Final Rescues; 18. The Living and the Dead ; 19. The Investigations ; 20. Too Soon Forgotten ; Afterword |
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Appendix A: Known Number of People on Board the Sultana, April 24-27, 1865Appendix B: Individuals Known to Be on Board the Sultana, April 24-27, 1865; Notes ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Index |
| Summary |
Gene Eric Salecker is a retired university police officer and middle school social studies teacher, currently working as an author, substitute teacher, and consultant for the Sultana Disaster Museum in Marion, Arkansas. He is married and lives in the Chicago area with his wife and pets |
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Print version record |
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Sultana (Steamboat)
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Sultana (Steamboat) fast |
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Steamboat disasters -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Prisoners of war
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Steamboat disasters
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140264
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Mississippi River
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781612517735 |
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1612517730 |
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9781612517742 |
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1612517749 |
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