Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History
Sultana: Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History by Alan Huffman
English | March 24, 2009 | ISBN: 0061470546 | 320 pages | PDF | 1.05 MB
English | March 24, 2009 | ISBN: 0061470546 | 320 pages | PDF | 1.05 MB
“One of the most riveting war stories I have ever read….Huffman’s smooth, intimate prose ushers you through this nightmare as if you were living it yourself.”
—Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> The dramatic true story of the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history, Alan Huffman’s Sultana brings to breathtaking life a tragic, long forgotten event in America’s Civil War—the sinking of the steamship Sultana and the loss of 1,700 lives, mostly Union soldiers returning home from Confederate prison camps. A gripping account that reads like a nonfiction Cold Mountain, Sultana is powerful, moving, rich in irony and fascinating historical detail—a story no history aficionado or Civil War buff will want to miss.