Trade size softcover. Very minimal shelf wear to cover. Folded map on inside front. Pages tight; clean/unmarked. 248 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Signed by author on bottom of page facing title page. "True tales of running the Yankee Blockade of the Confederate Coast." Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Blockade Runners

Publisher

Florida Classics, Port Salerno, Florida, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0912451297

ISBN 13

9780912451299

Binding

Trade Paperback

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Kirkus' Review The author, an enthusiastic diver and amateur historian, has rounded up a number of dashing portraits of men and ships involved in blockade running on behalf of the Confederacy during the Civil War--and invites, the reader underwater to view some of the relics, a few perhaps swishing with treasure. ""When blockade-running collapsed, the South collapsed,"" the author insists, and it seemed that, encounters between sea-borne Rebels and Feds had the effect of major battles. Among the ships--The Phantom (now reposing beneath the waves, with an octopus in the boiler); the Condor which carried Rebel Rose to her death; the Greyhound, captured by the Union forces and commanded by a young ensign who married his prisoner, the notorious Belle Boyd; the Night Hawk, and her resourceful Captain Taylor. Scraps of history, but the author's journeys below (near Cape Fear, the Bermuda reefs, and reefs off the Carolina coast) are tantalizing, and yes, there is still gold and treasure aboard--dangerous to get to and deep down. Elementary adventure with blandly anecdotal history.

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Having owned a Brick and Mortar store located in Southern Oregon since 2004, I decided to retire in June 2023. I still have a large variety of soft and hard cover books to sell. Many out of print and hard to find books. I will continue to sell online for the next few years. The store is still open, so if you are ever in Medford, Oregon, check it out.

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