Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic

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Summary: A complete review of the worst disaster on the Great Lakes
Review: Good coverage of the Eastland disaster. Discusses stability problems that the ship had long before the disaster, and problems that occured after the navy modified her into the USS Wilmette. Dispells the myth of everyone running to one side of the ship.

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Summary: a remarkable season of disaster
Review: Hilton has researched this subject extensively. If you are looking for flowery personal stories of the disaster, you won't find them here. What you will find is a massive source of information about the ship's construction, a detached account of the disaster, and an account of the legal proceedings and investigations following the disaster. The amount of researched facts in this book is unmatched and this amount of information about the EASTLAND cannot be found in any other source.

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Summary: Thoroughly researched--great information
Review: Hilton has researched this subject extensively. If you are looking for flowery personal stories of the disaster, you won't find them here. What you will find is a massive source of information about the ship's construction, a detached account of the disaster, and an account of the legal proceedings and investigations following the disaster. The amount of researched facts in this book is unmatched and this amount of information about the EASTLAND cannot be found in any other source.

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Summary: a remarkable season of disaster
Review: In the year 1915 in the good ol' days as hollywood and others would have it there were three horrible disasters caused by political corruption, corporate greed, and a dishonest judiciary in the City of Chicago. The worst theatre fire in American history the legendary fire at the Iroquios theatre the explosion of the hydrogen airship "Wingfoot Express" ala the "Hindenburg" over a part of the downtown area and the loss of over 800 people in the 15 foot deep Chicago river just north of the downtown area in the capsizing of the tippy excursion steamer "Eastland" the third worst maritime disaster in US history the second worst disaster in US history was explosion of the sidewheel paddle steamboat "Sultana" in 1865 the worst was the burning of the sidewheeler "General Slocum" on the east river of New York City oddly enough this general supervised the arson leveling of the City of Atlanta during the Civil War.The author George W. Hilton, explains through testimony, engineering equipment diagrams, mathematical graphs, a computer designed lines plan of the hull of "Eastland" how this ship sank with such a high loss of life I have been interested in the "Eastland" for years but due to political influence being used not much information was in print this book will probably be the best work on the "Eastland" disaster ever written.

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Summary: A painstakingly researched but nicely accessible account.
Review: The EASTLAND incident offers a great deal to students of history as well as mariners. George Hilton's account will satisfy most readers, with its fascinating story, remarkable research and good technical descriptions. He has wrung more from the historical record than any previous writer on this subject, while managing to give the reader some human perspective on the tragedy. Helpful drawings and photographs add to the value of this book.

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Summary: Superb documentary of Major Marine Disaster in US
Review: This book is not about the Titanic, but about the S.S. Eastland. This ship, due to the Titanic, required her to have more life boats causing her to be top heavy. The book is about the history of the ship and the sinking.