![]() ![]() Surely her quick wits-and tongue-can convince someone to help her until her pursuers are far behind. Falsely accused of murder by a rival snake-oil salesman, she is forced to flee the lawless city's vigilantes aboard an outbound steamer. On her own in wild, wicked, post-Gold Rush San Francisco, Della Gilliland has become a bit of a con artist, though a harmless one. Relive the experiences of her passengers, as told through the eyes of a fictitious couple who find love and danger on the high seas aboard this first "Ship of Dreams." ![]() Many were saved, many were lost, and lives were changed forever. In 1857, laden with gold and adventurers fresh from the California Gold Rush, the luxury sidewheel steamer SS Central America went down in a hurricane off the Carolina coast. another famous shipwreck captured the hearts and imagination of the world. ![]()
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