Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster, Paperback - Patricia Sutton

Reducere. 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 disaste...

Description*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the tragedy by survivors, witnesses and rescuers *Includes online resources and a bibliography ...

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Douglas Smith's The Russian Job tells the captivating story of how American volunteers saved millions of people from starvation in Bolshevik Russia.

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Darfur's Sorrow: The Forgotten History of a Humanitarian Disaster - M. W. Daly

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Reducere. Reprint of the classic World War II memoirGerman General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germa...

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The first full history of Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield which also reveals new information about key features of the churchIllustrations: 80 Illus...

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With the help of surviving relatives and hundreds of previously unknown family photographs, Derek Niemann uncovers the true story of what his grand...

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Reducere. More than 800 people lost their lives when the steamer Eastland capsized in the Chicago River in 1915. This is the full story, with more than 100 i...

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