{"product_id":"sinking-the-sultana-a-civil-war-story-of-imprisonment-greed-and-a-doomed-journey-home-9780763677558","title":"Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home","description":"\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 \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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780763677558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.80w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2017 - Recommended - Readable\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e191876 \/ Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sally M. Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471071084725,"sku":"9780763677558","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_36532365-8e30-48d4-8a6b-e83324f9ca7e.jpg?v=1704822261","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sinking-the-sultana-a-civil-war-story-of-imprisonment-greed-and-a-doomed-journey-home-9780763677558","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}