Waterford Public Library: Guest Author: Rachel Lance

Waterford CT

08 March, 2021

1:20 PM

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Press release from the Waterford Public Library: March 7, 2021 - 7:00am Tuesday evening March 16th at 6:30 p.m. Our guest is Rachel Lance author of In the Waves: my quest to solve the mystery of a Civil War submarine. On the night of February 17, 1864, the tiny Confederate submarine HL Hunley made its way toward the USS Housatonic just outside Charleston harbor. Within a matter of hours, the Union ship's stern was blown open in a spray of wood planks. The explosion sank the ship, killing many of its crew. And the submarine, the first ever to be successful in combat, disappeared without a trace. Author Rachel Lance is a biomedical engineer who specializes in patterns of injury and trauma, and she is especially fascinated by blast and ballistic events. She works as an assistant consulting professor at Duke University, where she conducts research at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology. This is a Zoom event. Please click here to register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Thank you for Zooming with Waterford Public Library! This press release was produced by the Waterford Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.