Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum by Edward T. O'Donnell

Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum

Edward T. O'Donnell

368 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
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There were few experienced swimmers among over 1,300 Lower East Side residents who boarded the General Slocum on June 15, 1904. It shouldn’t have mattered, since the steamship was chartered only for a languid excursion from Manhattan to Long Islan...

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