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Civil War Adventures of a Blockade Runner
William Watson
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Description for Civil War Adventures of a Blockade Runner
Paperback. William Watson spent two years evading Union gunboats and dealing with the "sharpers" who fed off the misfortune of the Civil War. In 1892, using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he published this account of events. The result was a classic adventure tale. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 395.
William Watson spent two years evading Union gunboats and dealing with the ""sharpers"" who fed off the misfortune of the Civil War. In 1892, using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he published this ""plain, blunt,"" account of ""events just as they happened."" The result was a classic adventure tale whose careful description of seafaring in the 1860s gives us a glimpse into a world now closed to us. Watson is the protagonist, but he shares his story with his ship, the Rob Roy, a center-board schooner whose shallow draft and wide beam made it the ideal vessel for ... Read more
William Watson spent two years evading Union gunboats and dealing with the ""sharpers"" who fed off the misfortune of the Civil War. In 1892, using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he published this ""plain, blunt,"" account of ""events just as they happened."" The result was a classic adventure tale whose careful description of seafaring in the 1860s gives us a glimpse into a world now closed to us. Watson is the protagonist, but he shares his story with his ship, the Rob Roy, a center-board schooner whose shallow draft and wide beam made it the ideal vessel for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585441525
SKU
V9781585441525
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99-3
About William Watson
A British subject, WILLIAM WATSON lived and worked in the South prior to the outbreak of war in 1861. Although he opposed secession, he served with the Confederate army. Wounded at the battle of Corinth and subsequently declared unfit for further service, he found his way to New Orleans and blockade running. He recounted his service with the Confederacy in ... Read more
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