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001 2007279569
003 DLC
005 20070908084621.0
008 070820s2007 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007279569
020 $a9780809085040 (pbk.)
020 $a0809085046 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aE599.S5$bC48 2007
082 00 $a973.7/57$222
100 1 $aChaffin, Tom.
245 10 $aSea of gray :$bthe around-the-world odyssey of the Confederate raider Shenandoah /$cTom Chaffin.
250 $a1st pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHill and Wang,$c2007.
300 $ax, 432 p. :$bill., maps ;$c21 cm.
520 $aThe story of the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy's last ship afloat. Launched secretly from England in October 1864, the CSS Shenandoah became the Confederacy's second most successful merchant raider, but--after rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope, stopping long enough in Australia to cause a diplomatic crisis, and navigating the ice floes of Siberia's Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea, and the Arctic Ocean--Captain Waddell learned that he had been fighting without cause or state, since the Civil War had ended four months earlier. In the eyes of the Union, he had gone from being an enemy combatant to a pirate, a hangable offense. Hunted by Union and British men-of-war, his polyglot crew rife with hints of mutiny, and with dwindling supplies, Waddell elected to camouflage the ship, circumnavigate the globe, and attempt to surrender on English soil.--From publisher description.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [397]-404) and index.
610 20 $aShenandoah (Cruiser)
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xNaval operations, Confederate.
650 0 $aVoyages around the world$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aOcean travel$xHistory$y19th century.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007279569-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007279569-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007279569-s.html