{"product_id":"capsized-the-forgotten-story-of-the-ss-eastland-disaster-9781613739433","title":"Capsized!: The Forgotten Story of the SS Eastland Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patricia Sutton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - United States - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Public Library's \"100 Best Books for Kids\" \u003cbr\u003e Kirkus Reviews' \"Best Books of 2018\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2019 Society of Midland Authors Literary Award Honoree\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2019 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2019 Cybils Literary Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A 2019 Cooperative Children's Book Center's Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWisconsin Writers Contest 2018 Winner of the Tofte\/Wright Children's Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On July 24, 1915, the SS \u003ci\u003eEastland\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cbr\u003e The \u003ci\u003eEastland\u003c\/i\u003e disaster took more passenger lives than the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e and stands today as the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes. \u003ci\u003eCapsized  \u003c\/i\u003edetails 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e Capsized  \u003c\/i\u003ealso raises critical-thinking questions for young readers: Why do we know so much about the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e's sinking yet so little about the \u003ci\u003eEastland\u003c\/i\u003e 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chicago Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45082764804247,"sku":"9781613739433","price":823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781613739433.webp?v=1767635108","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/capsized-the-forgotten-story-of-the-ss-eastland-disaster-9781613739433","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}