Blockade Runners, The

By Verne, Jules

Book Id: WPLBN0002951392
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File Size: 58.96 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	Blockade Runners, The
Author:	Verne, Jules
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Historical Fiction, War stories
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Blockade Runners, The
Historic Publication Date:	1874
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Verne, B. J. (1874). Blockade Runners, The. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Writing at the end of the American Civil War, Verne weaves this story of a Scottish merchant who, in desperation at the interruption of the flow of Southern cotton due to the Union blockade, determines to build his own fast ship and run guns to the Confederates in exchange for the cotton piling up unsold on their wharves. His simple plan becomes complicated by two passengers who board his new ship under false pretenses in order to carry out a rescue mission, one which Capt. Playfair adopts as his own cause. This is going make the Rebels in Charleston rather unhappy with him.Sure, his new ship is fast - but can it escape the cannonballs of both North and South? (Summary by Mark Smith)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Historical Fiction, War stories, Adventure