Wolf of the deep
Subtitle: Raphael Semmes and the notorious Confederate raider CSS Alabama
By: by Stephen Fox.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Knopf
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781400044290
Subjects: Semmes, Raphael, -- 1809-1877; Alabama (Screw sloop); Confederate States of America. -- Navy -- Biography; Admirals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography; Ship captains -- Confederate States of America -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations, Confederate
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Escape and debut; title: The captain and the ship; title: "A pirate on the high seas"; title: For money and fighting; title: Impacts : North and South; title: Impacts : Anglo-America; title: The turncoats; title: Cape Town zenith; title: The track of fire to Singapore; title: Running down; title: Cherbourg; title: Afterward; title: Epilogue: The Alabama found.