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Title details for Raising the Hunley by Brian Hicks - Available

Raising the Hunley

The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine

by Brian Hicks
Schuyler Kropf
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Two prize-winning journalists, Brian Hicks and Schulyer Kropf, have chronicled this fascinating story of military daring, momentary victory, sudden death, buried secrets, persistence, and ultimate payoff.

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  • Release date

    October 22, 2002

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781598871425
      • File size: 195667 KB
      • Duration: 06:47:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The Confederate government built the world's first attack submarine during the Civil War, and it sank after its only victory. This story of THE HUNLEY starts at its the construction and ends with the recent discovery of the captain's good-luck gold coin still in his pocket. Familiar authors like Jules Verne and Clive Cussler make dramatic appearances. The narrator makes history more dramatic by using accents for quoted material and prolonging phrases like "discovering a human rib cage. . ." With no pictures of the craft, the audiobook challenges our visual imagery of what people called the "fishboat" but creates an otherwise thorough telling of the first chapter in submarine warfare. J.A.H. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 1, 2002
      Civil War Miscellany The legendary Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was the first successful underwater warship that is, the first to sink an enemy ship. As chronicled in Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine, the sub disappeared without a trace in 1864, crippled by a Union ship, and finding it became something of an obsession for many Americans until the vessel was finally brought to shore in 2000. Based on interviews with scientists and historians who studied the Hunley's remains, Charleston, S.C., Post and Courier journalists Brian Hicks and Schuyler Kropf reconstruct the sub's final voyage in this dramatic slice of Civil War history.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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