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The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster
by Jerry O. Potter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0882898612
- ISBN 13
- 9780882898612
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£8.07£5.65
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About This Item
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company , 1997 Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA. 1997. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head; light shelfwear to tail and lower tips. DJ: Near Fine; sunfading to spine. White cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 300 pp 8vo. On April 27, 1865, the Sultana, a 260 ft., wooden hulled steamboat exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis killing 1800 of its 2400 passengers who were mostly Union soldiers on their way home from Confederate prison camps. This book is the first comprehensive study of the disaster and brings to light the cause of the explosion, and the investigation and cover-up which followed. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015735
- Title
- The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster
- Author
- Jerry O. Potter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0882898612
- ISBN 13
- 9780882898612
- Publisher
- Pelican Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Gretna, LA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Civil War, The Sultana, Mississippi River, Maritime disaster, Union Soldiers, Confederate Prison Camps, overloading of ships, Civil War Maritime Disaster, Memphis TN,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prisoner of War; Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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