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Author White, Jonathan W., 1979- author.

Title Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade / Jonathan W. White.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3068921~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  973.6092 WHI    AVAILABLE
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Description xvii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-306) and index.
Contents Youth -- Family -- California -- Africa -- Diplomacy -- Secession -- War -- The Augusta -- Fort Lafayette -- Fort Warren -- Charles Street Jail -- Execution -- Trial -- Isolation -- Escape -- Exile -- Lincoln -- Kidnapping -- Divorce -- Storms -- Death.
Summary "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.
Subject Oaksmith, Appleton, 1827 or 1828-1887.
Ship captains -- United States -- Biography.
Slave traders -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince, 1806-1893 -- Family.
Escapes -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades.
Nicaragua -- History -- Filibuster War, 1855-1860.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Carteret County (N.C.) -- Biography.
Added Title True Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade
ISBN 9781538175019 (cloth)
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