Disaster on the Potomac: The Last Run of the Steamboat Wawaset
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Disaster on the Potomac: The Last Run of the Steamboat Wawaset by Alvin Oickle
For passengers of the steamboat Wawaset, August 8, 1873, began with a pleasant cruise from Washington, D.C., down the Potomac River. As the Wawaset came into sight of a small Virginia landing, fire broke out below decks, and frantic passengers leapt from the flames only to be pulled down by the swift waters. Author Alvin F. Oickle puts a human face to the tragedy as he profiles some of the seventy-five who perished, among them young mother Alethea Gray and six members of the Reed family. With a fast-paced style and firsthand accounts, Oickle masterfully narrates the last run of the Wawaset against the backdrop of a tense post-Civil War society.
Oickle, Alvin F.: - Alvin Oickle is the author of two other recent disaster books from The History Press: Disaster in Lawrence: The Fall of the Pemberton Mill and Disaster at Dawn: The Cedar Keys Hurricane of 1896. His other nineteenth-century history books include Jonathan Walker: The Man with the Branded Hand. Al has been an Associated Press feature writer, a daily newspaper editor and a writing instructor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His long career in journalism has also extended into broadcasting.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781596298132 |
| ISBN 10 | 1596298138 |
| Title | Disaster on the Potomac: The Last Run of the Steamboat Wawaset |
| Author | Alvin Oickle |
| Series | Disaster Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The History Press |
| Year published | 2009-11-27 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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