Rising Wind; The Lady Elgin Story
Rising Wind: The Lady Elgin Story
Special | 1h 25m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
The steamship Lady Elgin collided with a schooner and sank in Lake Michigan.
In September 1860, on the brink of Civil War, the steamship Lady Elgin collided with a schooner on Lake Michigan and sank. Hundreds died, including many of Milwaukee's Irish community. In this play written by Milwaukee theatre veterans Edward Morgan and John Kishline, a German reporter, an Irish patriot, a runaway slave, an idealistic sailor and a Milwaukee girl tell their life-changing accounts.
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Rising Wind; The Lady Elgin Story is a local public television program presented by MILWAUKEE PBS
Rising Wind; The Lady Elgin Story
Rising Wind: The Lady Elgin Story
Special | 1h 25m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
In September 1860, on the brink of Civil War, the steamship Lady Elgin collided with a schooner on Lake Michigan and sank. Hundreds died, including many of Milwaukee's Irish community. In this play written by Milwaukee theatre veterans Edward Morgan and John Kishline, a German reporter, an Irish patriot, a runaway slave, an idealistic sailor and a Milwaukee girl tell their life-changing accounts.
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Rising Wind; The Lady Elgin Story is a local public television program presented by MILWAUKEE PBS