{"product_id":"disaster-on-the-potomac-the-last-run-of-the-steamboat-wawaset-9781540220776","title":"Disaster on the Potomac: The Last Run of the Steamboat Wawaset","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alvin F. Oickle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History Press Library Editions","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45127625277591,"sku":"9781540220776","price":2247.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781540220776.webp?v=1767279610","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/disaster-on-the-potomac-the-last-run-of-the-steamboat-wawaset-9781540220776","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}