Civil War Adventures of a Blockade Runner

by William Watson

Book Overview

William Watson published his account of the two years he spent evading Union gunboats and dealing with the "sharpers" who fed off the misfortune of war in 1892. Using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he sought to write a "plain, blunt" account of "events just as they happened." Instead, he wrote 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158544152X
• ISBN13: 9781585441525
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.1"