The H. L. Hunley
The Secret Hope of the Confederacy
By Tom Chaffin ยท 2010
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- About this editionISBN: 9781429990356, 142999035XPage count: 352Published: February 16, 2010Format: ebookPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Tom ChaffinCreate CitationTable of contentsOn the evening of February 17, 1864, the Confederacyโs H. L. Hunley sank the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine in world history to sink an enemy ship. Not until World War Iโhalf a century laterโwould a submarine again accomplish such a feat. But also perishing that moonlit night, vanishing beneath the cold Atlantic waters off Charleston, South Carolina, was the Hunley and her entire crew of eight. For generations, searchers prowled Charlestonโs harbor, looking for the Hunley. And as they hunted, the legends surrounding the boat and its demise continued to grow. Even after the submarine was definitively located in 1995 and recovered five years later, those legendsโthose barnacles of misinformationโhave only multiplied. Now, in a tour de force of document-sleuthing and insight...Source: PublisherMore about this editionShow lessGet bookBuy DigitalThis editionAny editionBorrowEdit locationCancelCheck availability at libraries near youNo matching city or zip codeOther editionsSep 30, 2008Feb 16, 2010Farrar, Straus and GirouxFarrar, Straus and GirouxHardcoverPaperback324 pages352 pagesCommon terms and phrasesaboardAdmiralAlexanderAmericanArmyattackAugustbackgroundBarrowBeauregardblockadeboatโsBuchananbuildingcalledCaptainCenterCharlestonCivilcivilianclaimedCollectioncommandConfederacyConfederateconstructioncraftcrewCustomdeathDepartmentDiverdivingDixonearlierearlyenemyengineerFamilyFebruaryFederalfeetfinalFish BoatforcesforwardfourHarborHatchHistoricalHorace HunleyMore terms and phrasesShow lessAbout the workOriginally published: September 30, 2008Genre: BiographySubject: History / Military / Naval, History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), History / Military / United States, History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), Social Science / Archaeology, Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / Submarines, Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology) -- South Carolina -- Charleston, Submarines (Ships) -- History -- 19th century -- United States, United States -- History -- Naval operations -- Submarine -- Civil War, 1861-1865MOREAuthorTom Chaffin is the author of, among other books, Giant's Causeway: Frederick Douglass's Irish Odyssey and the Making of an American Visionary; Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah; Pathfinder: John Charles Frรฉmont and the Course of American Empire; and Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two Nations. His writings have also appeared in the New York Times, the Oxford American, Time, Harper's, and other publications. He lives in Atlanta.Search Tom ChaffinMore by authorRevolutionary BrothersThomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship that Helped Forge Two NationsBy Tom ChaffinIn a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Tom Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette.Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette shared a ...PathfinderJohn Charles Frรฉmont and the Course of American EmpireBy Tom ChaffinThe amazing life of the explorer who first mapped the West and forever changed nineteenth-century AmericaThe career of John Charles Frรฉmont (1813-90) celebrates and ties together the full breadth of ...OdysseyYoung Charles Darwin, The Beagle, and The Voyage that Changed the WorldBy Tom ChaffinAn illuminating and lively narrative of Charles Darwinโs formative years and adventurous voyage aboard the H.M.S. Beagle. Winner of the Georgia Author of the Year Award for Biography/MemoirCharles ...More booksPublisher