http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1857The story (available all over the web - I watched a story about it on the history channel) about the S.S. Central America is amazing.
http://www.sscentralamerica.com/overview.htmlCatch 'Ship of Gold' on the history channel (available on DVD) if you can.
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"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates
Vita contingit, Vive cum eo. (Life Happens, Live With it.)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -- author unknown
"De omnibus dubitandum"