Title: Shark of the Confederacy : the story of the CSS Alabama /
Authors: Robinson, Charles M., 1949-
Publisher: Naval Institute Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Alabama (Screw sloop); Privateering United States History; United States History Naval operations.
Abstract: "The English-built Confederate commerce raider Alabama is easily the best-known ship from the American Civil War. This book is essentially the biography of that ship - how she came to be, her mission, her cruises, and her destruction." "By far the most inclusive, thorough book yet written on this famous American warship, it chronicles everything from construction to destruction, as well as her recent salvage."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: The South goes to sea -- The secret war of no. 209 -- The Alabama -- Flames in the azores -- Storm -- Lincoln's dilemma -- Battle -- The glory days -- The Tuscaloosa and Cape Town -- Hound and hare with the Vanderbilt -- "My ship is weary" -- Cherbourg -- The death of the Alabama -- From history to legend.