Sinking the Sultana:
A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home

 “Replete with vivid details, includ­ing the ter­ri­ble con­di­tions in Con­fed­er­ate pris­on­er-of-war camps, Walker’s engross­ing nar­ra­tive builds to a hor­rif­ic descrip­tion of the ter­ri­fied pas­sen­gers’ actions and ensu­ing civil­ian res­cue efforts. Although Walk­er con­veys aston­ish­ment, even out­rage, that no one was held respon­si­ble for this tragedy, she presents the evi­dence with an even hand.” (Pub­lish­ers Week­ly, starred review)

“In addi­tion to archival illus­tra­tive mate­r­i­al, Walk­er makes exten­sive use of pri­ma­ry sources…a fine­ly detailed, well-researched chron­i­cle of a lit­tle-known dis­as­ter.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Read­ers who have already devoured the abun­dance of mate­r­i­al on the Titan­ic will be drawn to the sto­ry of the Sul­tana, which despite being the “worst mar­itime dis­as­ter in Amer­i­can his­to­ry” is often over­shad­owed. A riv­et­ing and infor­ma­tive addi­tion to non­fic­tion col­lec­tions.” (School Library Jour­nal)