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Berry | Chester D.

Loss Of The Sultana And Reminiscences Of Survivors

First Edition

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Description

First edition of Revered Chester D. Berry’s Loss of the Sultana from 1892.

Twelvemo, 426pp. Brown cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Frontispiece portrait of the steamboat Sultana. Ownership inscription on front endpaper. Stable text block, clean text.

Comments: The loss of the steamboat Sultana near Memphis, Tennessee remains the single deadliest maritime disaster in United States history. It was largely overshadowed in history by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln a few weeks before.

Additional information

Location Published

Lansing, MI

Publisher

Darius D. Thorp, Printer and Binder

Edition

First Edition

Date Published

1892

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Very good

Author

Berry | Chester D.