Running the blockade :
a personal narrative of adventures, risks, and escapes during the American Civil War /
by Thomas E. Taylor ; with an introduction by Julian Corbert ; [edited and] new introduction by Stephen R. Wise.
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| In collection: | Stephen Griffin Collection |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Annapolis :
Naval Institute Press,
©1995.
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| Series: | Classics of naval literature.
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| Notes: | Previously published: 4th ed. London : J. Murray, 1912. Includes index. Blockade runners were absolutely necessary for the survival of the Confederacy. On the way out, they would deliver the South's cash crop, cotton, and use the money realized to buy essential products from Great Britain or Ireland, Tait's Limerick uniforms being just one of the manufactured goods. Some believe that the character of Rhett Butler, the cynical blockade runner, was based on a real life person, George Trenholm, the shipping magnate and one-time Treasurer of the Confederacy. Physical description: xl, 180 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 1557508046 (acid-free paper) 9781557508041 (acid-free paper) |