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Title: Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic by George W. Hilton ISBN: 0-8047-2801-1 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr (T) Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: a remarkable season of disaster
Comment: In the year 1915 in the good ol' days as hollywood and others would have it there were three horrible disasters caused by political corruption, corporate greed, and a dishonest judiciary in the City of Chicago. The worst theatre fire in American history the legendary fire at the Iroquios theatre the explosion of the hydrogen airship "Wingfoot Express" ala the "Hindenburg" over a part of the downtown area and the loss of over 800 people in the 15 foot deep Chicago river just north of the downtown area in the capsizing of the tippy excursion steamer "Eastland" the third worst maritime disaster in US history the second worst disaster in US history was explosion of the sidewheel paddle steamboat "Sultana" in 1865 the worst was the burning of the sidewheeler "General Slocum" on the east river of New York City oddly enough this general supervised the arson leveling of the City of Atlanta during the Civil War.The author George W. Hilton, explains through testimony, engineering equipment diagrams, mathematical graphs, a computer designed lines plan of the hull of "Eastland" how this ship sank with such a high loss of life I have been interested in the "Eastland" for years but due to political influence being used not much information was in print this book will probably be the best work on the "Eastland" disaster ever written.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thoroughly researched--great information
Comment: Hilton has researched this subject extensively. If you are looking for flowery personal stories of the disaster, you won't find them here. What you will find is a massive source of information about the ship's construction, a detached account of the disaster, and an account of the legal proceedings and investigations following the disaster. The amount of researched facts in this book is unmatched and this amount of information about the EASTLAND cannot be found in any other source.
Rating: 4
Summary: A painstakingly researched but nicely accessible account.
Comment: The EASTLAND incident offers a great deal to students of history as well as mariners. George Hilton's account will satisfy most readers, with its fascinating story, remarkable research and good technical descriptions. He has wrung more from the historical record than any previous writer on this subject, while managing to give the reader some human perspective on the tragedy. Helpful drawings and photographs add to the value of this book.
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Title: The Sultana Tragedy: America's Greatest Maritime Disaster by Jerry O. Potter ISBN: 0882898612 Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Chicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903 by Nat Brandt, R. Perry Duis, Cathlyn Schallhorn , Perry R. Duis ISBN: 0809324903 Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle ISBN: 0871138743 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903 (Iroquois Theater) by Anthony P. Hatch ISBN: 0897335147 Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Triangle Fire by Leon Stein, William Greider ISBN: 0801487145 Publisher: Ilr Pr Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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