There is a book about the 1857 shipwreck of the Central America. It is: Kinder, Gary. "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea." The Atlantic Monthly Press; New York, NY. 1998. ISBN: 0-87113-464-0 I'm going to check my library to see if they have it. I hope others will do the same. My enormous thanks to Denise Wells for sharing this information with us! Take care, Tracy IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY list admin