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Salt to the Sea

Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

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Condition: Like New

Pages: 418

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Genres:

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • young adult

ISBN: 9780142423622

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While the Titanic and Lusitania are both well-documented disasters, the single greatest tragedy in maritime history is the little-known January 30, 1945 sinking in the Baltic Sea by a Soviet submarine of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German cruise liner that was supposed to ferry wartime personnel and refugees to safety from the advancing Red Army. The ship was overcrowded with more than 10,500 passengers — the intended capacity was approximately 1,800 — and more than 9,000 people, including 5,000 children, lost their lives.

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