Schley And Santiago
Subtitle: An Historical Account of the Blockade and Destruction of the Spanish Fleet
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: March 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9781417961207
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Warfare & Defence; History; History - General History; History: World; Portugal; Spain; Europe - Spain & Portugal; Military - General; History / Spain & Portugal; History-Military - General
First sentence: STANDING on the government dock at Newport News a pleasant morning, the 28th of March, 1898, with half-closed eyes one might have imagined, looking over the shimmer of blue water, that it was the days of '60; that just above, in the broad expanse of water lay the American fleet with old-fashioned woodwork, high masts, and masses of rigging.