The H. L. Hunley
Subtitle: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: February 16, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780809054602
Subjects: History -- Americas -- United States -- Civil War; History -- Military -- Naval; History -- Military -- United States
Table of contents: title: Diagram of the H.L. Hunley; title: Preface : Of boats, books, barnacles, and archives; title: Prologue : Canal Street; title: Part 1 : New Orleans, Summer 1861-Spring 1862. A man of property, intelligence and probity; title: The inventive faculty of the country; title: Men who would practice assassinations at the bottom of the sea; title: The CSS Pioneer; title: Part 2 : Mobile, Spring 1862-Summer 1863. The American diver; title: The fish boat; title: Part 3 : Charleston, Summer 1863-Winter 1864. The consequences of faltering in the hour of success; title: In other hands; title: The H.L. Hunley; title: 'Tis more dangerous to those who use it than to the enemy; title: A tide ripple on the water; title: We can't get at the truth; title: Part 4 : America, 1865-2004. Skeletons at the wheel; title: Discovery, recovery, excavation; title: The signals agreed upon; title: Epilogue : Legacy; title: Appendix : The Hunley's three crews and deaths aboard the USS Housatonic