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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The worst maritime disaster in American history wasnt 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 Lincolns assassination. Thousands of Union soldiers, released from Confederate prisoner-of-war camps, were to be transported home on the steamboat Sultana. With a profit to be made, the captain rushed repairs to the boat so...
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