Last Flag Down: The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate

Last Flag Down: The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship

As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to prowl the worldâ€™s oceans and sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raiderâ€™s name was Shenandoah, and her executive officer was Conway Whittle, a twenty-four-year-old warrior who might have stepped from the pages of Arthurian legend. Whittle would share command with a dark and brooding veteran of the seas, Capt. James Waddell, and together with a crew of strays, misfits, and strangers, they would spend nearly a year sailing two-thirds of the way around the globe, destroying dozens of Union ships and taking more than a thousand prisoners, all while continually dodging the enemy.Then, in August of 1865, a British ship revealed the shocking truth to the men of Shenandoah: The war had been over for months, and they were now being hunted as pirates. What ensued was an incredible 15,000-mile journey to the one place the crew hoped to find sanctuary, only to discover that their fate would depend on how they answered a single question. Wondrously evocative and filled with drama and poignancy, Last Flag Down is a riveting story of courage, nobility, and rare comradeship forged in the quest to achieve the impossible.
Country USA
Brand CROWN
Manufacturer Three Rivers Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color White
ReleaseDate 2008-05-06
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780307236562

Country	USA
Brand	CROWN
Manufacturer	Three Rivers Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2008-05-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780307236562

Last Flag Down: The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship

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