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Ship ablaze

Edward T. O'Donnell

2003332 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2003
first published
  • 2003Broadway Books · 332 pages · ENGISBN 9780767909051

Describes the 1904 disaster aboard the General Slocum, a steamship chartered for a daytime excursion in the waters surrounding Manhattan, the fire that swept through the ship, and the more than one thousand people who died as a result.

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