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Click to enlargepadThe Sinking of the Eastland-America's Forgotten Tragedy

By Jay Bonansinga

2004, Hard Cover, 280 Pages

On July 24, 1915, the city of Chicago suffered a tragedy that was witnessed by nearly 10,000 bystanders and claimed more lives than the infamous Chicago Fire. Taking place in broad daylight on the city's bustling wharf side, it was a heartbreaking maritime disaster that sorrowfully echoed the sinking of the luxury liner Titanic just three years earlier.


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