The Civil War at Sea; Volume I: The Blockaders, January 1861 - March 1862

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. First Edition [stated] Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 483, [3] pages. Volume 1 ONLY. Endpaper maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear, tears, chips and soiling. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. The author was a writer and an actor who wrote extensively on the Civil War. "The Hatfields and the McCoys" & "Gray Ghosts and Rebel Riders" are two of his most famous books. "The Gray Ghost," about Confederate Major John Mosby, was made into a television series, as was his Hatfields and McCoys. Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1930. City editor, Huntsville Times, 1931-1937; reporter, Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va., 1937-1941; reporter, Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 1941-1945; staff writer Wall Street Journal, 1943-1945; Assistant to Congressman William M. Tuck of Virginia, 1963-69; staff writer, NASA Activities, 1969-76. Member; National Press Club; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Delta Chi. District of Columbia Civil War Round Table gold medal for meritorious writing. Used the pseudonym, Pat Jones, for some writing. Derived from a Kirkus review: From the long siege of Fort Sumter to the famed battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, here is the story of the opening year of Civil War sea fighting, the first of three volumes. It is full of the excitement, gore and gunpowder. The story of trying to supply Fort Sumter by sea would make a book in itself. Then comes the blockade; the Confederates' improvished blockade-runners and raiders; the scuttling and burning of federal ships at Norfolk Navy Yard to avoid capture; the battle of Port Royal, the last in which great wooden ships would figure importantly; finally the historic hour when the ironclads stood off from each other and changed naval history. Major Anderson, William Cushing, Gus Fox, Charles Wilkes---these are but a few of the heroic men whose names stand out. A work filled with important historical detail which must be included for a work of this stature. Contributes much new material to the naval side of our most discussed war.