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Author:	The Eastland Disaster Historical Society,The Chicago Historical Society,Ted Wachholz
Subcategory:	Americas
Language:	English
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing (August 22, 2005)
Pages:	128 pages
Category:	History
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The Eastland Disaster - Ted Wachholz. Before delving into the heart of the Eastland Disaster, it is important to understand some of the basic historical issues connected to it-from the Titanic and the Lusitania to Wrigley Field and the World’s Fair.

The Eastland Disaster - Ted Wachholz. While this chapter will not analyze the social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of the early 1900s, it will bring certain events back to the forefront of your consciousness. Not only should this help you to recall some of the basic historical issues of the time, but I hope it will also raise your curiosity. Almost all of these events are connected to the Eastland Disaster.

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Ted Wachholz, Chicago Historical Society. Eastland Disaster Historical Society. Unlike other Images of America books where they choose a bunch of photos at random, the Eastland Disaster provides history and context to this awful event, which occurred exactly a hundred years ago. The book starts with an overview of the Western Electric Company and Hawthorne Works as well as previous worker picnics before focusing on the tragedy itself. Jul 24, 2015 Jim rated it really liked it.

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Are you sure you want to remove Eastland Disaster, The (IL) (Images of America) from your list? Eastland Disaster, The (IL) (Images of America). by Ted Wachholz, The Chicago Historical Society, The Eastland Disaster Historical Society. Published August 17, 2005 by Arcadia Publishing.

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The SS Eastland, while still tied to the wharf, rolled into the Chicago River with more than 2,500 passengers on board. Nearly 850 people lost their lives, including 22 entire families. The ensuing struggle for survival, and the resulting death, heroism, cowardice, greed, and scandal gripped the city of Chicago.

by Ted Wachholz, Chicago Historical Society, land Disaster Historical Society. Books related to The Eastland Disaster. series Images of America. More than 7,000 people living in the Chicago area and Michigan City, Indiana, eagerly anticipated Saturday morning, July 24, 1915. This particular Saturday was going to be anything but a routine summer day. Plans had been carefully made for it to be the social and entertainment event of the year, and for some, a lifetime. The fifth annual midsummer excursion and picnic had been organized by the employees of the Western Electric Company's Hawthorne Works.

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McCarthy's book is an excellent "first-read" for people who are not very familiar with the Eastland Disaster, but I would recommend the Hilton book as a "second read" for those wanting to go deeper. If you really want to dig in (or you are a descendant of one of the families on the ship that fateful day), also get the Bonansinga book and the "The Eastland Disaster (Images of America)" by Ted Wachholz and the Eastland Disaster Historical Society (2005 - one of the "Images of America" series books primarily chock-full.

More than 7,000 people living in the Chicago area and Michigan City, Indiana, eagerly anticipated Saturday morning, July 24, 1915. This particular Saturday was going to be anything but a routine summer day. Plans had been carefully made for it to be the social and entertainment event of the year, and for some, a lifetime. The fifth annual midsummer excursion and picnic had been organized by the employees of the Western Electric Company’s Hawthorne Works. Thousands of carefree merrymakers would enjoy a festive day including a lovely cruise across Lake Michigan to an awaiting parade and day-long picnic. The day would conclude with an evening cruise back to Chicago. For thousands of hard-working immigrant laborers and their families and friends, it was going to be a day to remember. Instead, the day’s scheduled event turned into a tragedy unlike any other. The SS Eastland, while still tied to the wharf, rolled into the Chicago River with more than 2,500 passengers on board. Nearly 850 people lost their lives, including 22 entire families. The ensuing struggle for survival, and the resulting death, heroism, cowardice, greed, and scandal gripped the city of Chicago.

Comments:

Dozilkree

Loaded, simply loaded, with historical photos.

Not much in the text department; but what there was... well, I cried like a baby by the end of it.

I appreciated the (very) brief chapter on the background of Western Electric; was not aware of how well they treated their employees. And it was nice to see that they stepped up to the plate and financially helped the survivors.

The ending chapters made the book worth the buy, tho'. You could tell the author is emotionally invested in this tragedy and his respect for those affected is apparent throughout.

Looked up the Eastland Disaster Historical society online - wish the author would write his own book and include the survivor's stories on the website. (I am still a fan of physical books....)

Umi

I'm going to cheat. I'm going to write one review and use it on three separate books. No doubt I'll offend the review gods at Amazon, but this subject merits it. Even though I live only 4 hours away from Chicago, I had never heard of the Eastland until I was searching for something entirely different and found a Western Electric website mentioning it. This is an utterly incredible story. I promptly ordered "The Sinking of the Eastland." The book goes into a fair amount of detail about the tragedy itself, yet its primary purpose is to describe the people involved and how they were affected. The author never claims to be a technical authority and instead makes reference several times to another book "Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic." I promptly ordered that one as well and while searching for additional information I learned of a third book "The Eastland Disaster (Images of America)." That one was ordered as well. Since you have read this far, you are obviously interested in my opinions and in my opinion, all three are required reading to grasp what happened. "The Eastland Disaster" is primarily a collection of relevant photographs which augment the other two books. Many more photographs of the events surrounding the ship, the sinking and the aftermath. And finally, "Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic" is much more technically oriented including the naval architecture concepts concerning the ship itself. I found this book to be especially good as it attempts to provide as much of a balanced view as possible, including several contemporary naval experts analyzing the court testimony of a leading architect of the day. Absolutely fascinating stuff. Not only that, but it is interesting to learn our concern for American jobs being lost to China is not a new thing. Ninety years ago people were worried about the same thing as a result of new regulations coming from the Titanic sinking. All three books solidly contribute to gaining knowledge about the disaster.

Cerekelv

It's an event from Chicago history few people ever heard of, and the documentation of the event itself is no more inclusive than it needs to be. The emphasis is on the rescue attempts, the ways and people involved in trying to save the survivors and then cope with those unfortunate enough to have lost their lives. Many photos probably not seen in a century, now brought to the pages, bringing the level of pathos to an extreme, but for a purpose: to show how many cared to try to help after the ship keeled over in that filthy sewer of a river. See that cover shot? Expect more of that!

Nten

A forgotten disaster that happened 100 years ago in Chicago. Being a Chicago native I was familiar with the Eastland disaster but learned much from reading this book. Fabulous archival photos from Western Electric and newspapers who covered the disaster. An easy read with many photos about a day that was to be relaxing and fun-filled and turned out to be disastrous and very sad.

Nirad

An eye opener!!! For fear of sounding like I live in a closet, I had never heard of the Eastland Disaster. It is quite a story, quite touching, and quite a DISASTER! It was a good read, informative, and the pictures were moving.

Trex

One thing that I feel I must preface my review of an otherwise outstanding resource with is this:

If you are easily upset by disturbing images, this book may not be for you. The cover illustration of an older man with a thousand-yard stare carrying the body of a young drowning victim (there were many) only prefaces what comes next within the pages of this book. Even after nearly a hundred years have passed, the photographs still carry a tremendous impact.

Other pictures of the salvage efforts, rescue attempts and other old maritime engineering themed pictures of the aftermath are interesting in a what they had then/what we have available to us now context.

As a safety specialist working on a paper I ordered this book and found that it was an excellent resource for a tragedy that was nearly forgotten outside of a local history context. Even the background history of the company sponsoring the excursion and the ship itself receive attention. The information is presented in a fact based manner, though no punches are pulled when referring to old media accounts and interviews as to the reprehensible conduct of the Eastland's captain during rescue operations -- threatening welders who were 'ruining my ship' with their cutting torches when they were trying to open holes to save those victims trapped belowdecks -- and the more people more profit mentality that ultimately led to the capsizing of the vessel.

With the caveat of the graphic nature of some of the images, this book comes highly recommended for those who have an interest in commercial maritime safety, local history, and disasters/corrective steps taken afterwards.

Phain

I bought this book for my sister who has been researching the Eastland Disaster. She and I are the grand daughters of a woman who just missed the boat that day and survived. The photos and narrative brought everything to life for us.

Very well written...all the captions on the photos. The Author sure did a lot of research for this book.

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