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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
vi, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1860, a ship called the Clotilda was smuggled through the Alabama Gulf Coast, carrying the last group of enslaved people ever brought to the U.S. from West Africa. Five years later, the shipmates were emancipated, but they had no way of getting back home. Instead they created their own community outside the city of Mobile, where they spoke Yoruba and appointed their own leaders, a story chronicled in Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon. That community,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Erik Larson's Dead Wake comes The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria, about the sinking of the glamorous Italian ocean liner, including never-before-seen photos of the wreck today. In 1956, a stunned world watched as the famous Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria sank after being struck by a Swedish vessel off the coast of Nantucket. Unlike the Titanic, this sinking played out in real time across radios and televisions, the first disaster...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xvii, 283 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day-by the journalist who discovered the ship's remains"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
viii, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of the mass exodus of Jews out of Eastern Europe at the turn of the 20th century and the titans of industry who made it possible"-- Provided by publisher.
Over thirty years, from 1890 to 1921, 2.5 million Jews, fleeing discrimination and violence in their homelands of Eastern Europe, arrived in the United States. Many sailed on steamships from Hamburg. This mass exodus was facilitated by three businessmen whose involvement in the Jewish-American...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Publication Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (572 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With a cure for the Red Virus and the goal to save the human race, Navy Captain Tom Chandler and his crew return to the States unsure of what they will find. As the crew seeks to find survivors and their families, they encounter a new, emerging enemy who₂s vying for control and may hinder the mass production of the cure.
Publisher
Turner Network Television
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (572 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following the epic second-season cliffhanger, the highly anticipated third season finds the crew of the USS Nathan James shifting their attention to Asia after President Michener hears rumblings that the Chinese leader, President Peng, has been hoarding the "Scott cure" instead of distributing it to the people in the region.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on William Brinkley's popular novel, it chronicles a global catastrophe that nearly decimates the world's population. Because of its positioning, the Navy destroyer USS Nathan James avoided falling victim to the devastating tragedy. But now the crew and its captain must confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they may be among the few remaining survivors.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on William Brinkley's popular novel, it chronicles a global catastrophe that nearly decimates the world's population. Because of its positioning, the Navy destroyer U.S.S. Nathan James avoided falling victim to the devastating tragedy. But now the crew and its captain must confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they may be among the few remaining survivors.