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Raising the Hunley : the remarkable history and recovery of the lost Confederate submarine / Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf.

Author/creator Hicks, Brian, 1966-
Other author/creatorKropf, Schuyler, author, autographer.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Ballantine Books, 2002.
Descriptionxvi, 301 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Sample text
Supplemental Content Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Subject(s)
Contents Pioneers -- Melancholy occurrences -- Under a Carolina moon -- Eternal patrol -- Myths of Dixieland -- "This could be it" -- Veni, Vidi, Vici, Dude -- War between the states -- Boneyard -- Raise the Hunley! -- Goldfinger -- Want of air.
Abstract Based on research by the scientists who unsealed the Hunley, an account of the Confederate submarine relates its disappearance on February 17, 1864, after a confrontation with a Union battleship, and its miraculous recovery from Charleston Harbor in 2000.
Local noteJoyner Rare copy autographed by author Schuyler Kropf on title page.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-287) and index.
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy Purchased from Tom Broadfoot, 4/2023
Issued in other formOnline version: Hicks, Brian, 1966- Raising the Hunley. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2002
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2001043477
ISBN0345447719 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780345447715 (alk. paper)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Rare Collection E599.H4 H53 2002 ✔ Available Request Material