The H.L. Hunley : the secret hope of the Confederacy / Tom Chaffin.
2010
E599.H4 C53 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The H.L. Hunley : the secret hope of the Confederacy / Tom Chaffin.
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Edition
1st pbk. ed.
ISBN
9780809054602 (pbk.)
0809054604 (pbk.)
0809054604 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Hill and Wang, [2010, 2008].
Language
English
Description
xxvii, 324 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Call Number
E599.H4 C53 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.757
Summary
An account of the legendary submarine and its legacy reconstructs the events of its successful 1864 attack on the USS Housatonic and subsequent sinking, the sub's recovery in 1995 after numerous attempts, and the myths attributed to its final hours.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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