Ship ablaze : the tragedy of the steamboat General Slocum / Edward T. O'Donnell.

By:

O'Donnell, Edward T, 1963-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Broadway Books, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: 332 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. map ; 25 cmISBN:

0767909054

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

910/.9163/46 21

Summary: "The only book available on this compelling chapter in the city's history, Ship Ablaze draws on firsthand accounts to examine why the death toll was so high, how the city responded, and why this event failed to achieve the infamy of the Titanic's 1912 demise or the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Masterfully capturing both the horror of the event and the heroism of the men, women, and children who faced crumbling life jackets and inaccessible lifeboats as the inferno quickly spread, historian Edward T. O'Donnell spotlights an important incident with which most Americans are unfamiliar. Enhanced by moving photographs, Ship Ablaze brings to life a bygone community while honoring the victims of that forgotten day."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes index.

"The only book available on this compelling chapter in the city's history, Ship Ablaze draws on firsthand accounts to examine why the death toll was so high, how the city responded, and why this event failed to achieve the infamy of the Titanic's 1912 demise or the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Masterfully capturing both the horror of the event and the heroism of the men, women, and children who faced crumbling life jackets and inaccessible lifeboats as the inferno quickly spread, historian Edward T. O'Donnell spotlights an important incident with which most Americans are unfamiliar. Enhanced by moving photographs, Ship Ablaze brings to life a bygone community while honoring the victims of that forgotten day."--BOOK JACKET.

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