This is the first comprehensive account of the capsizing in 1915 of the steamer Eastland, an accident that killed more than 800 men, women, and children - the worst disaster of any kind in the history of Chicago and the worst in the history of the Great Lakes. 'Hilton has written a comprehensive and exhaustive study of the worst disaster in Chicago's history ...Alterations and the addition of more lifeboats and rafts after the Titanic sank made the Eastland so unstable that it rolled over in the Chicago River ...The vessel ...
Read More
This is the first comprehensive account of the capsizing in 1915 of the steamer Eastland, an accident that killed more than 800 men, women, and children - the worst disaster of any kind in the history of Chicago and the worst in the history of the Great Lakes. 'Hilton has written a comprehensive and exhaustive study of the worst disaster in Chicago's history ...Alterations and the addition of more lifeboats and rafts after the Titanic sank made the Eastland so unstable that it rolled over in the Chicago River ...The vessel's entire career is examined, and ...the disaster itself is meticulously described and analyzed. Hilton also critically evaluates the subsequent civil and criminal court proceedings, raising a number of issues relating to marine safety regulations and the compensation of the victims' families.' Choice 'Irony and tragedy combine in this account of America's worst marine disaster ...Hilton constructs a careful account of the events leading up to the calamity. The disaster itself is recounted minute by minute ...The numerous illustrations and period photographs, as well as numerous appendixes, make this a definitive account.' Library Journal
Read Less
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. Signed & Inscribed by the Author xvii, 364pp, index, appendices, notes, bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or blue cloth in jacket. Near new. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page; letter from author (signed George) loosely inserted along with author's With Compliments slip. Account of the capsizing of the steamship Eastland on the Chicago River in 1915 with the loss of over 800 lives. The first comprehensive account of the Eastland disaster attempts to explain what has always been regarded as an inexplicable event.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New in New DJ; WE SHIP SAME-DAY, FREE TRACKING INCLUDED. Mint condition, appears never read, no markings of any kind. Comprehensive and highly readable account of the first Great Lakes maritime disaster in which a fully-loaded ferry capsized on the Great Lakes with enormous loss of life.
