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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A thrilling narrative biography of William Barker Cushing, the Civil War's most celebrated naval hero.
October 1864. The fearsome Confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle had taken control of the Roanoke River and threatening the Union blockade. 21-year-old navy lieutenant William Barker Cushing hatched a daring plan: to attack the warship with a few dozen men in two small wooden boats. What followed, including Cushing's harrowing two-day escape downriver...
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