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The Sinking Of The Eastland: America's Forgotten Tragedy

The Sinking Of The Eastland: America's Forgotten Tragedy

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UPC:
9780806526287
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
2004-10-01
Release Date:
2004-10-01
Author:
Jay Bonansinga
Language:
english
Edition:
First Edition
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On July 24, 1915, over two thousand Western Electric employees and their families boarded the steamship Eastland, which was to ferry them to the annual company picnic in Michigan City--as it sat in port, the ship began to list, then silently capsized as thousands of people looked on in horror, killing eight hundred and forty four people in a maritime disaster that the world has all but forgotten.

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