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English
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"The date is April 27, 1865. You are crammed onboard the steamboat Sultana with more than 2,000 passengers. Many of them are soldiers heading home after the Civil War. You're cruising on the Mississippi River when a massive explosion rips through the ship. Do you dive into the water to save yourself or stay onboard to help the survivors? Will you try to swim for shore or wait for help to arrive? Will you stay with your sick friend or try to find someone...
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"Ashes Under Water is the riveting untold story of the 1915 sinking of the SS Eastland, a Lake Michigan excursion boat, which rolled over while tied to its dock, within feet of one the busiest intersections in Chicago's famed Loop District. Horrified morning commuters watched it all unfold. The final death toll would not come for weeks but would be 835 people, including 21 entire families. The trial would make national headlines and cause public outrage;...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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The History detectives teams investigates four mysteries from America's past: the disappearance of labor leader Jimmy Hoff; the sinking of the steamboat Sultana in the Civil War-era South; a series of serial killings in 19th century Austin, Texas; the disappearance of bandleader Glenn Miller in 1944.
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