On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland, filled to capacity with 2,500 aboard, capsized in the Chicago River while still moored to the pier. The disaster took more passenger lives than the Titanic and stands today as the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes. Capsized! details the events leading up to the fateful day of the disaster and provides a nail-biting, minute-by-minute account of the ship’s capsizing. It also raises critical-thinking questions for young readers: Why do we know so much about Titanic’s sinking and yet so little about the Eastland disaster? Why was no one ever held responsible for this catastrophe? What lessons from this disaster might we be able to apply today?
- ISBN10 1641603127
- ISBN13 9781641603126
- Publish Date 7 July 2020 (first published 1 July 2018)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Chicago Review Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 176
- Language English