A Ransomed Yankee (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

One week after Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, on a calm morning, the whaleship Milo sailed out of New Bedford harbor into the Atlantic Ocean infiltrated with Confederate armed cruisers, on a journey that would impact many lives and make Civil War history. The story is a global view of the Civil War’s destruction on the high seas and the related reverberations around the world, the key ground battles, and the assassination of President Lincoln. A must read for Civil War buffs.The story focuses on the captains of the ships, the Yankee Milo and the Confederate CSS Shenandoah; their lives before, during and after the Civil War.