A Civil War Gunboat in Pacific Waters: Life on Board USS Saginaw Contributor(s): Van Tilburg, Hans Konrad (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813035163 ISBN-13: 9780813035161 Publisher: University Press of Florida
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2010 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology (Hardcover) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
Dewey: 359.325 |
LCCN: 2010020781 |
Series: New Perspectives on Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" L (1.55 lbs) 361 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 354 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "An epic shipwreck tale. Sacrifice and heroism are recounted in a comprehensive study of a ship that embodied America's role in the nineteenth-century Pacific as Yankee enterprise helped open Asia to trade. Well-researched, well-written, this book also takes readers for the first time intoSaginaw's long-lost grave beneath the sea."--James P. Delgado, president, The Institute of Nautical Archaeology
"An impressive study of a naval vessel from construction to destruction."--William Still Jr., author of Crisis at Sea
The USS Saginaw was a Civil War gunboat that served in Pacific and Asian waters between 1860 and 1870. During this decade, the crew witnessed the trade disruptions of the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the transportation of Confederate sailors to Central America, the French intervention in Mexico, and the growing presence of American naval forces in Hawaii.
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