Two years on the Alabama
By: by Arthur Sinclair.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa, AL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Sinclair, Arthur.; Alabama (Screw sloop); Privateering -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Sailors -- Southern States -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives, Confederate.
Other titles: 2 years on the Alabama
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Introductory; title: Chapter 2: Escape from the Mersey, and fitting out at the Azores; title: Chapter 3: Getting acquainted with the new ship; her good qualities; personnel of officers and crew; drilling; our first prize; the old flag lowered; title: Chapter 4: A stern chase; on Newfoundland Banks; the cyclone; off New York; Southward ho! A new main-yard ; Martinique; escape from the cruiser San Jacinto; the run to Blanquilla; cruising after the California treasure steamer; capture of the Ariel; title: Chapter 5: Into the Gulf of Mexico; at the Arcas Islands; off Galveston; the Hatteras fight; title: Chapter 6: The Hatteras prisoners on board; at Kingston, Jamaica; trouble with Jack; adieu to Fort Royal; foraging for provisions; baffling winds; a cargo of wines and liquors; enemies' ships getting scarce; disposing of prisoners at sea; in the Brazilian high road; washing-days for Jack; title: Chapter 7: At Fernando de Naronha; a coal-ship; Bahia, in the trade-winds; sowing the sea with pianos; capture of the Conrad; commissioning of the Tuscaloosa; voyage to the Cape of Good Hope; title: Chapter 8: Saldanha Bay; repairing ship; death of Cummings; capture of the Sea-Bride; reception at Cape Town; the cruiser Vanderbilt; nasty weather; title: Chapter 9: We make a deal; a chance of handling prize-money; adventurous customers; sale of the Sea-Bride; fishing; the Vanderbilt again; second visit to Cape Town; title: Chapter 10: From Cape Town to the East Indies; ocean roads and currents; dividing poor Jack's effects; island of St. Paul; drilling; more prizes; Pulo Condore; enjoying life; Singapore; title: Chapter 11: English hospitality; idle American shipping in port; a fight with Yankee skippers; a cab-race; a generous offer; U.S. gunboat Wyoming; a suspicious case; Semmes as boarding-officer; Christmas in the Malacca Straits; a boat fleet; title: Chapter 12: Westward ho! summing up results; sunny seas; routine work; pictures of ship life; a barmecide feast; Bay of Bengal; Ceylon; Malabar coast, a sea of fire; electric squalls; title: Chapter 13: Cape Town again; old friends; the newspaper man; bad news; reentering the Atlantic; the Rockingham; the tycoon; our last bonfire; we arrive at Cherbourg; title: Chapter 14: In the harbor of Cherbourg; French hospitality; arrival of the Kearsarge; the challenge; scrupulous neutrality; preparations for the fight; Mr. Lancaster's yacht; Commander Semmes's prevision; title: Chapter 15: The engagement.