{"product_id":"the-sultana-nathan-w-cole-9798188250775","title":"The Sultana: The Forgotten Story of America's Deadliest Maritime Disaster","description":"\u003cb\u003eApril 1865. The war is over. Two thousand men are finally going home - on a boat licensed to carry 376.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the last days of April 1865, the Civil War was over, Lincoln was dead, and thousands of Union soldiers just released from Confederate prison camps crowded aboard a Mississippi steamboat at Vicksburg. Seven miles above Memphis, at two o'clock in the morning, her patched boiler tore the night apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Sultana remains the deadliest maritime disaster in American history - and almost no one has heard of it. Inside you'll find: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe bribery scheme on the Vicksburg waterfront that packed the boat six times past her legal limit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe boiler repair that should never have left the dock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe men who survived Andersonville and Cahaba, only to face a flooded river in the dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe city that raced out to save them - and the investigations that held no one accountable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhat remains today: the wreck beneath an Arkansas soybean field and the museum keeping the memory alive\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawn from survivor accounts, official records, and modern scholarship, \u003ci\u003eThe Sultana\u003c\/i\u003e restores to memory the night America chose to forget. Read it, and you will never forget it again\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathan W. Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798188250775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Nathan W. Cole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174414688511,"sku":"9798188250775","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed8f7086-8925-44dd-a620-8de3a1f9586b.jpg?v=1788959629","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sultana-nathan-w-cole-9798188250775","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}