The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy - Softcover

Tom Chaffin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809054604 ISBN 13: 9780809054602

Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S., 2010

Synopsis

On the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacy s H. L.HUNLEY sank the Union s formidable sloop of war the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine in world history to sink an enemy ship. But after accomplishing such a feat, the HUNLEY and her crew of eight also vanished beneath the cold Atlantic waters off Charleston, South Carolina. For generations, the legend of the HUNLEY grew as searchers prowled the harbor, looking for remains. Even after the submarine was definitively located in 1995 and recovered five years later, those legends have continued to flourish. In a tour de force of document-sleuthing and insights gleaned from the excavation of this remarkable vessel, the distinguished Civil War era historian Tom Chaffin presents the most thorough telling of the HUNLEY S story possible. Of panoramic breadth, this saga begins long before the submarine was even assembled and follows the tale into the boat s final hours and through its recovery in 2000. Engaging and groundbreaking, The H. L.HUNLEY provides the definitive account of a fabled craft.

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Review:

Sharply etched and dramatically told. Clive Cussler --Clive Cussler

About the Author:

Tom Chaffin is a professor of history and the director/editor of the James K. Polk Correspondence Project at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His books include Sea of Gray and Pathfinder.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0809054604
• ISBN 13: 9780809054602
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352