A Confederate Biography
The Cruise of the CSS <i>Shenandoah</i>
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Word Count
68,000 words, Guess
Page Count
272 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-101612518419
- ISBN-139781612518411
- AmazonB017GH5IB0', '1612518419
- Library of Congress Control Number2015029139
- Library of Congress Control Number2015036156
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number908518118
- Better World Books9781612518411
- Better World BooksO9-AGA-328
- Open LibraryOL27461444M
Classifications
- LCCE599.S5 H84 2015
- LCCE599.S5
- LCCE599.S5H84 2015
Description
"From October 1864 to November 1865, the officers of the CSS Shenandoah carried the Confederacy and the conflict of the Civil War around the globe through extreme weather, alien surroundings, and the people they encountered. Her officers were the descendants of Deep South plantation aristocracy and Old Dominion first families: a nephew of Robert E. Lee, a grandnephew of founder George Mason, and descendants of one of George Washington's generals and of an aid to Washington. One was even an uncle of a young Theodore Roosevelt and another was son-in-law to Raphael Semmes. Shenandoah's mission -- commerce raiding (guerre de course) -- was a central component of U.S. naval and maritime heritage, a profitable business, and a watery form of guerrilla warfare. These Americans stood in defense of their country as they understood it, pursuing a difficult and dangerous mission in which they succeeded spectacularly after it no longer mattered. This is a biography of a ship and a cruise, and a microcosm of the Confederate-American experience"--
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