{"product_id":"disaster-on-the-potomac-alvin-f-oickle-9781540220776","title":"Disaster on the Potomac: The Last Run of the Steamboat Wawaset","description":"For 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alvin F. Oickle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 154022077X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540220776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Alvin F. Oickle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44159418859775,"sku":"9781540220776","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9ed1a9c-a2ce-4de1-b6f0-fccc157cb6d6.jpg?v=1689082489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disaster-on-the-potomac-alvin-f-oickle-9781540220776","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}