{"product_id":"2940157160647","title":"Loss of the Sultana (Expanded, Annotated)","description":"It was the worst maritime disaster in American history. It claimed more lives in one night than \"Titanic\" did 47 years later. Yet, not only do few Americans know about the destruction of the \"Sultana,\" we still don't know for certain why she exploded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarrying as many as 2,400 passengers on a steamboat certified for 376, most of them were recently-released Union prisoners of war from Confederate prisons. They were emaciated, sick, and wounded. They were going home after years away--homes and families that 1,800 of them would never reach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMen, women, and children were all packed onto \"Sultana\" as she left the dock at Vicksburg on the Mississippi on April 24, 1865. In the middle of a dark night, a boiler exploded and thousands were cast into the icy river.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe questions remain: what happened? Who was at fault? Why was no one ever punished?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether with scores of survivor accounts, this book has the official reports about the disaster. It makes for compelling and horrifying reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.","brand":"BIG BYTE BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112323399920,"sku":"2940157160647","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157160647_p0.jpg?v=1764092623","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157160647","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}