Disaster on the Mississippi : (Record no. 47042)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781612517735 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781612517742 |
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| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC1948726 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL1948726 |
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| System control number | (CaONFJC)MIL763241 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)908081459 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | E595.S84 S25 2015 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 973.7/71;973.771 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Salecker, Gene E. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Disaster on the Mississippi : |
| Remainder of title | The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | La Vergne : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Naval Institute Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2015. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Sultana -- 2. Delivered from Bondage -- 3. Messenger of Death -- 4. Greed and Deception -- 5. The Loading -- 6. The Overcrowding -- 7. Homeward Bound -- 8. Prelude to Destiny -- 9. The Explosion -- 10. Panic on the Bow -- 11. Devastation on the Stern -- 12. Death on the Hurricane Deck -- 13. The Horror of Fire -- 14. The Cold Mississippi -- 15. Help from Memphis -- 16. The Sultana's Last Minutes -- 17. The Final Rescues -- 18. The Living and the Dead -- 19. The Investigations -- 20. Too Soon Forgotten -- Afterword -- Appendix A. Known Number of People on Board the Sultana, April 24-27, 1865 -- Appendix B. Individuals Known to Be on Board the Sultana, April 24-27, 1865 -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | At two o'clock in the morning on 27 April 1865, seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi, the sidewheel steamboat Sultana's boilers suddenly exploded. Legally registered to carry 376 people, the boat was packed with 2,100 recently released Union prisoners-of-war. Over 1,700 people died, making it the worst marine disaster in U.S. history. This book looks at the disaster through the eyes of the victims themselves. It offers a concise, minute-by-minute account on the cause of the explosion and its effect on different parts of the boat. To focus on the personal stories of the victims, both civilian and soldier, Gene Eric Salecker patiently collected material from hundreds of letters, period newspaper stories, and other sources. Readers are first introduced to victims while they are languishing in Confederate prisons and follow their release to an exchange camp outside of Vicksburg to their eventual crowding onto the Sultana. His knowledgeable narrative is interwoven with individual reminiscences, including those of the heroic rescuers. He offers unprecedented details about the captain's handling of the steamboat and corrects some long-held myths about the placement of the soldiers on the Sultana and newspaper coverage of the disaster. A large portion of the book covers rescue attempts, both successful and failed, and the aftermath of the disaster as it affected those involved. With its emphasis on the human-interest aspect of the Sultana, this book brings to the literature a critical point of view and much new research. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Steamboat disasters -- Mississippi River -- History -- 19th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Sultana (Steamboat). |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Salecker, Gene E |
| Title | Disaster on the Mississippi |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | La Vergne : Naval Institute Press,c2015 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781612517742 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1948726">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1948726</a> |
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