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One of the most riveting war stories I have ever read.Huffmans smooth, intimate prose ushers you through this nightmare as if you were living it yourself.Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect StormThe dramatic true story of the worst maritime disaster in U.S. history, Alan Huffmans Sultana brings to breathtaking life a tragic, long forgotten event in Americas Civil Warthe sinking of the steamship Sultana and the loss of 1,700 lives, mostly Union soldiers returning home from Confederate prison camps. A gripping account that reads like a nonfiction Cold Mountain, Sultana is powerful, moving, rich in irony and fascinating historical detaila story no history aficionado or Civil War buff will want to miss.