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3065822Disaster on the Potomachttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/disaster-on-the-potomac-9781614233077/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3042816/890021b2-a60f-4854-ad4c-ba37fcf947d0.jpg?v=638384801760300000214243MXNThe History PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>For passengers of the steamboat Wawaset, August 8, 1873, began with a pleasant cruise from Washington, D.C., down the Potomac River. As the Wawaset came into sight of a small Virginia landing, fire broke out below decks, and frantic passengers leapt from the flames only to be pulled down by the swift waters. Author Alvin F. Oickle puts a human face to the tragedy as he profiles some of the seventy-five who perished, among them young mother Alethea Gray and six members of the Reed family. With a fast-paced style and firsthand accounts, Oickle masterfully narrates the last run of the Wawaset against the backdrop of a tense post-Civil War society.</p>...3002338Disaster on the Potomac214243https://www.gandhi.com.mx/disaster-on-the-potomac-9781614233077/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3042816/890021b2-a60f-4854-ad4c-ba37fcf947d0.jpg?v=638384801760300000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20099781614233077_W3siaWQiOiJhMjJkNWNhNi0zZTVlLTQxZjMtYjdiNS05M2FlNWUxODdmZTAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI0MywiZGlzY291bnQiOjI5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIxNCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDgtMjVUMTY6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781614233077_<p>For passengers of the steamboat Wawaset, August 8, 1873, began with a pleasant cruise from Washington, D.C., down the Potomac River. As the Wawaset came into sight of a small Virginia landing, fire broke out below decks, and frantic passengers leapt from the flames only to be pulled down by the swift waters. Author Alvin F. Oickle puts a human face to the tragedy as he profiles some of the seventy-five who perished, among them young mother Alethea Gray and six members of the Reed family. With a fast-paced style and firsthand accounts, Oickle masterfully narrates the last run of the Wawaset against the backdrop of a tense post-Civil War society.</p>(*_*)9781614233077_<p>For passengers of the steamboat Wawaset, August 8, 1873, began with a pleasant cruise from Washington, D.C., down the Potomac River. As the Wawaset came into sight of a small Virginia landing, fire broke out below decks, and frantic passengers leapt from the flames only to be pulled down by the swift waters. Author Alvin F. Oickle puts a human face to the tragedy as he profiles some of the seventy-five who perished, among them young mother Alethea Gray and six members of the Reed family. With a fast-paced style and firsthand accounts, Oickle masterfully narrates the last run of the Wawaset against the backdrop of a tense post-Civil War society.</p>...9781614233077_Arcadia Publishing Inc.(*_*)9781614233077_The History Presslibro_electonico_c4784195-d851-369a-ad95-63f8c6d61d97_9781614233077;9781614233077_9781614233077Alvin F.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingrooves-epub-b3fbb52d-836e-4b8e-9a97-611e5da9dc08.epub2009-11-27T00:00:00+00:00The History Press