Kidnapped at sea : the Civil War voyage of David Henry White

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Kidnapped at sea : the Civil War voyage of David Henry White

(2024)

By: Sillen, Andrew

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:

973.757092/SILLEN,A

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Adult Nonfiction	973.757092/SILLEN,A	Available

Details

PUBLISHED

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024
©2024

DESCRIPTION

xvi, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN

9781421449517, 142144951X :, 142144951X, 9781421449517

LANGUAGE

English

NOTES

Part I. Context -- David Henry White and the False Cause -- Time and Place -- Childhood in Lewes -- Passenger Cook -- Manifest Destiny -- Gulf of Mexico -- Secession -- The Alabama -- Prelude -- Part II. Voyage -- Capture -- Storms -- Reports -- Mutiny -- South to Galveston -- Port Royal, Olive Jane, and John A. Parks -- Brazil and the South Atlantic -- Cape of Good Hope -- Simon's Town -- The Indian Ocean -- The Looming Battle -- The Battle of Cherbourg -- Demise -- Part III. Analysis -- Accounts -- An Ocean of Lies -- Aide toi et dieu t'aidera

"This work tells the story of the Civil War capture of David Henry White"--