The Black Diamond Disaster

[Tom Bogar]

Shipwreck on the Potomac is extremely well researched and thorough in its background, event, and aftermath, despite its relatively short length (126 pages--a cakewalk compared to my having just read before it Chernow's doorstop Mark Twain). Lots of good pictures, also. Stone has done a nice job of keeping it readable while also being scholarly. I enjoyed it, and would recommend it.