1. Material:
  2. paper (33,830)

Wolf of the deep : Raphael Semmes and the notorious Confederate raider CSS Alabama /

Authors:
Fox, Stephen R.
Item ID:
MQ25217
Publisher:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2007.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781400044290; 1400044294
Call Number:
E467.1.S47 F68 2007 1
Physical Description:
317 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Topic:
Admirals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
Ship captains -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877.
Alabama (Screw sloop)
Confederate States of America. Navy -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Confederate.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.; Prologue: Escape and debut -- The captain and the ship -- "A pirate on the high seas" -- For money and fighting -- Impacts : North and South -- Impacts : Anglo-America -- The turncoats -- Cape Town zenith -- The track of fire to Singapore -- Running down -- Cherbourg -- Afterward -- Epilogue: The Alabama found.
OCLC Number:
18404
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets