Author

Publication

2018 - McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCG530.S254S74 2018

Description

"On December 22, 1853, the San Francisco left New York, chartered by the U.S. Government to transport the Third Artillery. Two days out, the ship ran into one of the great hurricanes of maritime history. A few days later, cholera broke out. After two weeks, survivors were rescued by three ships but barely made it back"--

Subjects

Topics

HistoryShipwrecksSteamboat disastersSan Francisco (Steamship)Voyages to the pacific coastSteamboats and steamboat lines

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