Disaster On The Potomac
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Disaster on the Potomac
Author | : Alvin F. Oickle |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2009-11-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781614233077 |
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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.
Explosion on the Potomac
Author | : Kerry Walters |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2020-02-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781625846655 |
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In 1844, the USS "Princeton" was the most technologically sophisticated warship in the world. Its captain, Robert Stockton, and President John Tyler were both zealous expansionists, and they hoped that it would be the forerunner in a formidable steam-powered fleet. On a Potomac cruise intended to impress power brokers, the ship's main gun--the Peacemaker--exploded as the vessel neared Mount Vernon. Eight died horribly, while twenty others were injured. Two of Tyler's most important cabinet members were instantly lost, and the president himself had a near miss--making it the worst physical disaster to befall a presidential administration. The tragedy set off an unpredictable wave of events that cost Tyler a second term, nearly scuttled plans to add Texas to the Union and stirred up sectional rancor that drove the nation closer to civil war. Author Kerry Walters chronicles this little-known disaster that altered the course of the nation's history.
The war with the south
Author | : Robert Tomes |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 770 |
Release | : 1867 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BSB:BSB11062100 |
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Dealing with Disaster
Author | : Saundra K. Schneider |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2014-12-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781317473350 |
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Now updated with examples through 2010, this classic study examines the disruptive effects of disasters on patterns of human behavior and the operations of government, and the conditions under which even relatively minor crises can lead to system breakdown.
Annual Report Office of the Chief Scientist
Author | : United States. National Park Service. Office of the Chief Scientist |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : National parks and reserves |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105024448180 |
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A Common School History of the United States Illustrated etc
Author | : Benson John Lossing |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1870 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : BL:A0022058662 |
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The Republic
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : UCAL:$B566342 |
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