Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade
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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023].
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Book
Physical Desc
xvii, 317 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Main Library - New Books
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Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023].
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-306) and index.
Description
"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.
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Biographies.
Carteret County (N.C.) -- Biography.
Escapes -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860.
Oaksmith, Appleton, -- 1827 or 1828-1887.
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.
Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, -- 1806-1893 -- Family.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades.
Carteret County (N.C.) -- Biography.
Escapes -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860.
Oaksmith, Appleton, -- 1827 or 1828-1887.
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.
Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, -- 1806-1893 -- Family.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades.