Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade (Jonathan W. White - NH) Section- African American History Blending popular science

Blending popular science

which is based upon more than two decades of meticulous research and an unparalleled understanding of the battlefield

Abraham Lincoln

But his efforts came at tremendous cost: long separations from his beloved children and “dearest friend” and wife

Shipwrecked: A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and the Slave Trade (Jonathan W. White - NH) Section- African American History Blending popular scienceby Jonathan White From the New York Times: "The astonishing stories in Shipwrecked [offer] a fresh perspective on the mess of pitched emotions and politics in a nation at war over slavery." Historian Jonathan W. White tells 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 19th century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering