Gray Phantoms of the Cape Fear : Running the Civil War Blockade
by Dawson Carr
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0895872137
- ISBN 13
- 9780895872135
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From back cover: "In mid-1863, the small city of Wilmington, North Carolina, found itself facing a difficult task: it had to supply Robert E. Lee's army if the South was to continue the Civil War. Guns, ammunition, clothing, and food had to be brought into the Confederacy from Europe, and Wilmington was the last open port. Knowing this, the Union amassed a formidable blockading force off storied Cape Fear."
"What followed was a contest unique in the annals of warfare. The blockade runners went unarmed, lest their crews be tried as pirates if captured. Neither did the Union fleet wish to sink the runners, as rich prizes were the reward for captured cargoes. The battle was thus one of wits and stealth more than blood and glory. As the Union naval presence grew stronger, the new breed of blockade runners got faster, quieter, lower to the water, and altogether more ghostly - and their crews more daring and resourceful."
Good- condition. Covers flare out, much corner wear (specially first 30 pages), and 1/2" tear at top of front spine. Inside front cover has soiling. Text is clean and binding is good. A good reading copy.
227 pages including Index.
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- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1982
- Title
- Gray Phantoms of the Cape Fear : Running the Civil War Blockade
- Author
- Dawson Carr
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Assumed First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0895872137
- ISBN 13
- 9780895872135
- Publisher
- John F. Blair Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Winston Salem, North Carolina, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998-05
- Pages
- 227
- Keywords
- Civil War, American History, Wilmington, open port, Confederacy, Union, glockade, Cape Fear, blockade runners, stealth, navy, ghostly
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; History - American;
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