Format:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
First Down East edition
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781608933587
Content:
On October 25, 1836, the sidewheel steamer Royal Tar caught fire in Maine's Penobscot Bay. On board was a small circus menagerie returning to Boston from a summer-long tour of the Canadian Maritimes. Plagued by gale-force winds and rough seas, the usual overnight trip from Saint John, New Brunswick, stretched out to four days and, on the fourth day, disaster struck off the island of Vinalhaven. Thirty-two people and all of the circus animals perished in the tragedy. Mark Warner explores the events leading up to that fateful day. Beginning with the construction of the Royal Tar, he traces the v
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Includes bibliographical references
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Contents; Prologue; The Beginning; Saint John; The Royal Tar; To Portland; The Engine; The Menagerie; The Maritimes; Mogul; Last Trip; Fire!; Rescue; The Veto; Epilogue; Bibliography
Additional Edition:
ISBN 160893358X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781608933570
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781608933587
Additional Edition:
Print version The Tragedy of the Royal Tar : The 1836 Circus Steamship Fire
Language:
English
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