Gone Down: The Steamship City of Vera Cruz Lost in A Hurricane In 1880

by Randy Lathrop

Gone down is an exciting novel and a true story set in the coastal waters and wilderness of a Florida that ceased to exist a long time ago. This is the story of the young black Cape Canaveral pioneer Alonzo Sanchez who would become a savior to the shipwreck survivors. The trusted steamer Captain Van Sice and his crew fought day and night to save the passenger steamer. The sinking and the aftermath were carried in newspapers nationwide. It was a great tragedy, bodies washing ashore, beach pirates stealing rings from the fingers of the dead, and robbing steamer trunks of valuables. The book will allow you to travel back in time to an 1880s New York City, Havana, to the Florida coast. All accurately based on the true story of the sinking, the struggle, and the survival of the sinking of the SS City of Vera Cruz in August of 1880. Exciting Florida maritime and Black history.

296 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 12, 2022