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Shipwrecked, a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade, Jonathan W. White

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Shipwrecked, a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade, Jonathan W. White

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-306) and index

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individual biography

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shipwrecked

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jonathan W. White

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a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade

Summary

"The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Youth -- Family -- California -- Africa -- Diplomacy -- Secession -- War -- The Augusta -- Fort Lafayette -- Fort Warren -- Charles Street Jail -- Execution -- Trial -- Isolation -- Escape -- Exile -- Lincoln -- Kidnapping -- Divorce -- Storms -- Death

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True Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade

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