America's Fortress: A History of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida

by Thomas Reid and Thomas Reid

Book Overview

Known as the "American Gibraltar," Fort Jefferson, located in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, was the most heavily armed coastal defense fort in United States history. Perceived as the nation's leading maximum-security prison, the fort also held several of the accused conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. America's Fortress is the first book-length, architectural, military, environmental, and political history of this strange and significant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813080045
• ISBN13: 9780813080048
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"