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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fox, Stephen R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Semmes, Raphael, > 1809-1877.
Alabama (Screw sloop)
Admirals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Ship captains > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Navy > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Naval operations, Confederate.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.