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ISBN10: 158544152X, ISBN13: 9781585441525, [publisher: Texas A&M University Press] Softcover William Watson published his account of the two years he spent evading Union gunboats and dealing with the sharpers who fed off the misfortune of war in 1892. Using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he sought to write a plain, blunt account of events just as they happened. Instead, he wrote a classic adventure tale whose careful description of seafaring in the 1860s gives us a glimpse into a world now closed to us.Watson is the protagonist, but he shares his story with his ship, the Rob Roy, a center-board schooner whose shallow draft and wide beam made it the ideal vessel for slipping over shoals and dashing in and out of blockaded ports. He peoples his account with the good, the bad, and the unlucky, from the likeable and irrepressible Captain Dave McLusky to the loathsome and dishonest Mr. R. M. He takes his reader from Havana, where land sharks greeted incoming sailors, to Galveston, where sharp businessmen and corrupt officials connived to confiscate both profits and ships. He stops at Matamora, a dusty place on a bare and barren coast, and he visits General Magruder in Houston. His crew brave gales and a hurricane that drives the Rob Roy back thirty miles; and he survives plots against his ship and his life.Through it all, Watson enjoys himself. Blockade running, he declares, was not unlawful or dishonourable. Rather, it was a bold and daring en ...
ISBN10: 158544152X, ISBN13: 9781585441525, [publisher: Texas A & M University Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. William Watson spent two years evading Union gunboats and dealing with the "sharpers" who fed off the misfortune of the Civil War. In 1892, using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he published this account of events. The result was a classic adventure tale. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2001]
Paperback / softback. New. William Watson spent two years evading Union gunboats and dealing with the ""sharpers"" who fed off the misfortune of the Civil War. In 1892, using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he published this account of events. The result was a classic adventure tale. ISBN 158544152x 9781585441525 [GB]
ISBN10: 158544152X, ISBN13: 9781585441525, [publisher: Texas A&M University Press] Softcover William Watson published his account of the two years he spent evading Union gunboats and dealing with the sharpers who fed off the misfortune of war in 1892. Using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he sought to write a plain, blunt account of events just as they happened. Instead, he wrote a classic adventure tale whose careful description of seafaring in the 1860s gives us a glimpse into a world now closed to us.Watson is the protagonist, but he shares his story with his ship, the Rob Roy, a center-board schooner whose shallow draft and wide beam made it the ideal vessel for slipping over shoals and dashing in and out of blockaded ports. He peoples his account with the good, the bad, and the unlucky, from the likeable and irrepressible Captain Dave McLusky to the loathsome and dishonest Mr. R. M. He takes his reader from Havana, where land sharks greeted incoming sailors, to Galveston, where sharp businessmen and corrupt officials connived to confiscate both profits and ships. He stops at Matamora, a dusty place on a bare and barren coast, and he visits General Magruder in Houston. His crew brave gales and a hurricane that drives the Rob Roy back thirty miles; and he survives plots against his ship and his life.Through it all, Watson enjoys himself. Blockade running, he declares, was not unlawful or dishonourable. Rather, it was a bold and daring enterp ...
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