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Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster

Patricia Sutton

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Description:New York Public Library's "100 Best Books for Kids" Kirkus Reviews' "Best Books of 2018"2019 Society of Midland Authors Literary Award Honoree2019 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List2019 Cybils Literary Award WinnerA 2019 Cooperative Children's Book Center's Choice Wisconsin Writers Contest 2018 Winner of the Tofte/Wright Children’s Literary AwardOn July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland , filled to capacity with 2,500 passengers and crew, capsized in the Chicago River while still moored to the pier. Happy picnic-goers headed for an employee outing across Lake Michigan suddenly found themselves in a struggle for their lives. Trapped belowdecks, crushed by the crowds attempting to escape the rising waters, or hurled into the river from the upper deck of the ship, roughly one-third of the passengers, mostly women and children, perished that day. The Eastland 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 and provides a nail-biting, minute-by-minute account of the ship's capsizing. From the courage of the survivors to the despair of families who lost loved ones, author Patricia Sutton brings to light the stories of ordinary working people enduring the unthinkable. Capsized! also raises critical-thinking questions for young Why do we know so much about the Titanic 's sinking yet so little about the Eastland disaster? What causes a tragedy to be forgotten and left out of society's collective memory? And what lessons from this disaster might we be able to apply today?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster. To get started finding Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: New York Public Library's "100 Best Books for Kids" Kirkus Reviews' "Best Books of 2018"2019 Society of Midland Authors Literary Award Honoree2019 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List2019 Cybils Literary Award WinnerA 2019 Cooperative Children's Book Center's Choice Wisconsin Writers Contest 2018 Winner of the Tofte/Wright Children’s Literary AwardOn July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland , filled to capacity with 2,500 passengers and crew, capsized in the Chicago River while still moored to the pier. Happy picnic-goers headed for an employee outing across Lake Michigan suddenly found themselves in a struggle for their lives. Trapped belowdecks, crushed by the crowds attempting to escape the rising waters, or hurled into the river from the upper deck of the ship, roughly one-third of the passengers, mostly women and children, perished that day. The Eastland 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 and provides a nail-biting, minute-by-minute account of the ship's capsizing. From the courage of the survivors to the despair of families who lost loved ones, author Patricia Sutton brings to light the stories of ordinary working people enduring the unthinkable. Capsized! also raises critical-thinking questions for young Why do we know so much about the Titanic 's sinking yet so little about the Eastland disaster? What causes a tragedy to be forgotten and left out of society's collective memory? And what lessons from this disaster might we be able to apply today?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster. To get started finding Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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