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Wolf of the deep : Raphael Semmes and the notorious Confederate raider CSS Alabama  Cover Image Book Book

Wolf of the deep : Raphael Semmes and the notorious Confederate raider CSS Alabama / Stephen Fox.

Fox, Stephen R. (Author).

Summary:

Follows the distinguished military career of Confederate sea captain Raphael Semmes, commander of the CSS Alabama, following his wartime exploits as he became a cornerstone of the Confederate Navy, until the Alabama was sunk at Cherbourg, France, in 1864.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781400044290
  • ISBN: 1400044294
  • Physical Description: 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2007]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Escape and debut -- The captain and the ship -- "A pirate on the high seas" -- For money and fighting -- Impacts : North and South -- Impacts : Anglo-America -- The turncoats -- Cape Town zenith -- The track of fire to Singapore -- Running down -- Cherbourg -- Afterward -- Epilogue: The Alabama found.
Subject: Semmes, Raphael, 1809-1877.
Semmes, Raphael (Soldat)
Alabama (Screw sloop)
Confederate States of America. Navy > Biography.
Admirals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Ship captains > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations, Confederate.

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