Surviving Savannah
Patti Callahan
- **"An
- atmospheric,
- compelling
- story
- of
- survival,
- tragedy,
- the
- enduring
- power
- of
- myth
- and
- memory,
- and
- the
- moments
- that
- change
- one's
- life."
--Kristin
- Hannah,
- #1
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Four
- Winds"[An]
- enthralling
- and
- emotional
- tale...A
- story
- about
- strength
- and
- fate."--Woman's
- World*“*An
- epic
- novel
- that
- explores
- the
- metal
- of
- human
- spirit
- in
- crisis.
- It
- is
- an
- expertly
- told,
- fascinating
- story
- that
- runs
- fathoms
- deep
- on
- multiple
- levels.”—New
- York
- Journal
- of
- BooksIt
- was
- called
- "The
- Titanic
- of
- the
- South."
- The
- luxury
- steamship
- sank
- in
- 1838
- with
- Savannah's
- elite
- on
- board;
- through
- time,
- their
- fates
- were
- forgotten--until
- the
- wreck
- was
- found,
- and
- now
- their
- story
- is
- finally
- being
- told
- in
- this
- breathtaking
- novel
- from
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Becoming
- Mrs.
- Lewis.**When
- Savannah
- history
- professor
- Everly
- Winthrop
- is
- asked
- to
- guest-curate
- a
- new
- museum
- collection
- focusing
- on
- artifacts
- recovered
- from
- the
- steamship
- Pulaski,
- she's
- shocked.
- The
- ship
- sank
- after
- a
- boiler
- explosion
- in
- 1838,
- and
- the
- wreckage
- was
- just
- discovered,
- 180
- years
- later.
- Everly
- can't
- resist
- the
- opportunity
- to
- try
- to
- solve
- some
- of
- the
- mysteries
- and
- myths
- surrounding
- the
- devastating
- night
- of
- its
- sinking.Everly's
- research
- leads
- her
- to
- the
- astounding
- history
- of
- a
- family
- of
- eleven
- who
- boarded
- the
- Pulaski
- together,
- and
- the
- extraordinary
- stories
- of
- two
- women
- from
- this
- family:
- a
- known
- survivor,
- Augusta
- Longstreet,
- and
- her
- niece,
- Lilly
- Forsyth,
- who
- was
- never
- found,
- along
- with
- her
- child.
- These
- aristocratic
- women
- were
- part
- of
- Savannah's
- society,
- but
- when
- the
- ship
- exploded,
- each
- was
- faced
- with
- difficult
- and
- heartbreaking
- decisions.
- This
- is
- a
- moving
- and
- powerful
- exploration
- of
- what
- women
- will
- do
- to
- endure
- in
- the
- face
- of
- tragedy,
- the
- role
- fate
- plays,
- and
- the
- myriad
- ways
- we
- survive
- the surviving.
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