About this title: In June 1863, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg ended the last rebel land invasion of the North, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a devastating series of raids on the New England coast, culminating in a battle off Portland, Maine. Veteran author David W. Shaw brilliantly re-creates this almost forgotten chapter of the Civil War in rich narrative detail drawn from accounts of the participants.
At the center of the conflict were two men: the hotheaded young adventurer Charles W. Read, who resigned his commission as a Union midshipman to become a lieutenant in the ...
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2004-03-02
ISBN-13:9780743235556ISBN:074323555X
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Good. 074323555X Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2004-03-02
ISBN-13:9780743235556ISBN:074323555X
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 2004-03-02
ISBN-13:9780743235556ISBN:074323555X
Description: Good in very good jacket. Clean & tight, ex-library book with usual features, NON-SMOKING household, better than typical library book. read more
Edition: Large Print edition
Binding: hardcover pictorial
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780786267002ISBN:0786267003
Description: Good 408 pages. Former public library copy with library stamps/stickers. Tight binding. A few pages have cornercreasing. Large Print; Unabridged; read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Sheridan House Inc, Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781574092073ISBN:1574092073
Description: New. 6 x 9. Brings to light the fascinating yet little known episode of the Civil War when in June, 1863, before the epic clash at Gettysburg, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a devastating series of raids on the New England coast. Illustrated. read more
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