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(Steamboat owner) Hurd, John Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company. Effie Afton (Steamboat) Liability for railroad accidents United States Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Railroad bridges United States S.J. Waring (Schooner). Ship accidents Shipwrecks Law and legislation United States Trials Illinois ChicagoFilter By Authors
McGinty, BrianMcGinty, Brian
Summary: Independence Day, 1861. The schooner S. J. Waring sets sail from New York on a routine voyage to South America. Seventeen days later, it limps back into New York’s frenzied harbor with the ship's black steward, William Tillman, at the helm. While the story of that ill-fated voyage is one of the most harrowing tales of captivity and survival on the high seas, it has, almost unbelievably, been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 MCGMcGinty, Brian
Summary: The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2015