To the uttermost ends of the earth [Large type book] : the epic hunt for the south's most feared ship--and the greatest sea battle of the Civil War

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To the uttermost ends of the earth the epic hunt for the south's most feared ship--and the greatest sea battle of the Civil War

(2022)

By: Keith, Phil, 1946-

Nonfiction

Large Type

Series:

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series

Call Numbers:

LARGE TYPE/973.754/KEITH,P

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Large Type	LARGE TYPE/973.754/KEITH,P	Available

Details

PUBLISHED

Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022
©2022

EDITION

Large print edition

DESCRIPTION

465 pages (large print) : maps ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN

9798885780384, 888578038D :, 9798885780384

LANGUAGE

English

SERIES

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series

NOTES

Prologue -- Act I: The raider -- Act II: The hunter -- Act III: The pursuit -- Act IV: The battle -- Epilogue -- Afterword

"On June 19, 1864, one of the most dramatic naval battles in history took place. The Confederate raider Alabama faced the Union warship Kearsarge in an all-or-nothing fight to the finish. Authors Phil Keith and Tom Clavin introduce some of the crucial players, including John Winslow, captain of the USS Kearsarge, as well as Raphael Semmes, captain of the CSS Alabama. Winslow pursued Semmes in a fourteen-month chase, culminating in what would become the climactic sea battle of the Civil War"--