Capsized!
The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster
Published on 1. July 2018
180 pages
978-1-61373-946-4 (ISBN)
Description
On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland, filled to capacity with 2,500 aboard, capsized in the Chicago River while still moored to the pier. The disaster took more passenger lives than the Titanic and stands today as the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes. Capsized! details the events leading up to the fateful day of the disaster and provides a nail-biting, minute-by-minute account of the ship's capsizing. It also raises critical-thinking questions for young readers: Why do we know so much about Titanic's sinking and yet so little about the Eastland disaster? Why was no one ever held responsible for this catastrophe? What lessons from this disaster might we be able to apply today?
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Content
- Front Cover
- Front Flip
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Main Characters
- Prologue
- 1. Summer Wouldn't Be Summer Without the Picnic
- 2. Fellowship at Work and Home
- 3. Greyhound of the Lakes
- 4. Like a Pendulum Swinging
- 5. Stand By! Ready for Departure!
- 6. Forty-Five Degrees
- 7. Rescue and Recovery
- 8. Eighty-Five in Each Row
- 9. Buried Memories
- Epilogue
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Image Credits
- Index
- Back Flip: About the Author
- Back Cover
