The Spanish-American War at Sea: Naval Action in the Atlantic

by A.B. Feuer

By piecing together diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and rare privately printed memoirs, the author has created a story which tells how America's ragtag navy--composed mainly of converted yachts, steamers and tugboats--was able to fight and win against the more powerful Spanish gunboats. The naval battles fought in places like Santiago, Cardenas, Cienfuegos, Manzanillo, Port Nipe, Guantanamo, San Juan, Guanica, and Ponce come alive in this book. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275951065
• ISBN13: 9780275951061
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.4"