Sinclair, Arthur:
$400 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available
TWO YEARS ON THE ALABAMA. First edition. The Alabama was a Confederate blockade runner built in Great Britain, and its outfitting by the English became a contentious issue in Anglo-American relations from the Civil War until the early 1870s. "One of the best accounts; interesting, reliable, comprehensive, and thoughtful; contains brief biographical sketches and muster rolls" - Nevins. Includes experiences off Newfoundland, New York, blockade-running in the Gulf of Mexico, off Jamaica, Bahia, at the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Town, off Singapore and India.
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